Search Results - "Hélio Elkis"

Understanding tDCS effects in schizophrenia: a systematic review of clinical data and an integrated computation modeling analysis by Brunoni, Andre R, Shiozawa, Pedro, Truong, Dennis, Javitt, Daniel C, Elkis, Hélio, Fregni, Felipe, Bikson, Marom

“…Although recent clinical studies using transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) for schizophrenia showed encouraging results, several tDCS montages were…”
Get more information

Clinical aspects of super-refractory schizophrenia: a 6-month cohort observational study by Henna Neto, Jorge, Elkis, Hélio

“…Approximately 30% of treatment-resistant schizophrenic patients do not fully respond to Clozapine and such patients are termed Clozapine non-responders or…”
Get full text

Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia by Elkis, Helio, MD, PhD, Buckley, Peter F., MD

“…Although treatment-resistant schizophrenia (TRS) was described 50 years ago and has a gold standard treatment with clozapine based on well-defined criteria,…”
Get full text

Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia by Elkis, Helio, MD, PhD

“…This article opens with a brief history of pharmacologic treatment of schizophrenia. It then discusses the definition and treatment of treatment-resistant…”
Get full text

Refractory psychotic symptoms in a patient with homozygous sickle cell disease: A 24-month follow-up by de Alvarenga, Pedro Gomes, Zanetti, Marcus Vinicius, Elkis, Hélio

“…The present report describes a case of a 33-year old male patient with homozygous sickle cell disease (SCD) with comorbid psychotic symptoms. The systematical…”
Get full text

Early Improvement As a Predictor of Later Response to Antipsychotics in Schizophrenia: A Diagnostic Test Review by Samara, Myrto T., Leucht, Claudia, Leeflang, Mariska M., Anghelescu, Ion-George, Chung, Young-Chul, Crespo-Facorro, Benedicto, Elkis, Helio, Hatta, Kotaro, Giegling, Ina, Kane, John M., Kayo, Monica, Lambert, Martin, Lin, Ching-Hua, Möller, Hans-Jürgen, Pelayo-Terán, José María, Riedel, Michael, Rujescu, Dan, Schimmelmann, Benno G., Serretti, Alessandro, Correll, Christoph U., Leucht, Stefan

“…Objective:How long clinicians should wait before considering an antipsychotic ineffective and changing treatment in schizophrenia is an unresolved clinical…”
Get full text

Cognitive Training for Schizophrenia in Developing Countries : A Pilot Trial in Brazil by Pontes, Livia M. M., Martins, Camila B., Napolitano, Isabel C., Fonseca, Juliana R., Oliveira, Graça M. R., Iso, Sandra M. K., Menezes, Anny K. P. M., Vizzotto, Adriana D. B., di Sarno, Elaine S., Elkis, Hélio

“…Cognitive deficits in schizophrenia can massively impact functionality and quality of life, furthering the importance of cognitive training. Despite the…”
Get full text

ECT versus Sham for clozapine-resistant schizophrenia: A secondary analysis of a pilot study based on PANSS-30 individual items by Melzer-Ribeiro, Débora Luciana, Ribeiro Grilli-Tissot, Maria Cristina, Elkis, Helio

Get full text

Cortical surface abnormalities are different depending on the stage of schizophrenia: A cross-sectional vertexwise mega-analysis of thickness, area and gyrification by Rosa, Pedro Gomes Penteado, Zugman, Andre, Cerqueira, Carlos Toledo, Serpa, Mauricio Henriques, de Souza Duran, Fabio Luis, Zanetti, Marcus Vinicius, Bassitt, Débora Pastore, Elkis, Helio, Crippa, José Alexandre S., Sallet, Paulo Clemente, Gattaz, Wagner Farid, Hallak, Jaime Eduardo Cecilio, Louzã, Mario Rodrigues, Gadelha, Ary, Jackowski, Andrea Parolin, Bressan, Rodrigo Affonseca, Filho, Geraldo Busatto

“…Brain magnetic resonance imaging studies have not investigated the cortical surface comprehensively in schizophrenia subjects by assessing thickness, surface…”
Get full text

Negative dimension stability across clinical stages and sociodemographic characteristics in schizophrenia by Koga, Gabriela, Haguiara, Bernardo, Ortiz, Bruno, Noto, Cristiano, Freitas, Rosana Ramos, Elkis, Helio, Bressan, Rodrigo, Ziebold, Carolina, Gadelha, Ary

Get full text

Psychotic symptoms in older people without dementia from a Brazilian community-based sample: A seven years' follow-up by Soares, Walter Barbalho, Dos Santos, Eriton Barros, Bottino, Cássio Machado de Campos, Elkis, Helio

“…Studies of the incidence of psychotic symptoms in elderly people at risk of dementia are scarce. This is a seven year follow up study aiming to determine the…”
Get full text

Clozapine prescription trends in Brazil in the last decade by Massuda, Raffael, Gama, Clarissa S, Belmonte-de-Abreu, Paulo, Elkis, Helio, de Lucena, David Freitas, Bressan, Rodrigo, Noto, Cristiano, Gadelha, Ary

“…Clozapine is a second-generation antipsychotic indicated for treatment-resistant schizophrenia. Studies in several countries have shown a low rate of clozapine…”
Get full text

Residência médica: competências mínimas e psiquiatria moderna by Elkis, Hélio

Get full text

Patterns of regional gray matter loss at different stages of schizophrenia: A multisite, cross-sectional VBM study in first-episode and chronic illness by Torres, Ulysses S, Duran, Fabio L S, Schaufelberger, Maristela S, Crippa, José A S, Louzã, Mario R, Sallet, Paulo C, Kanegusuku, Caroline Y O, Elkis, Helio, Gattaz, Wagner F, Bassitt, Débora P, Zuardi, Antonio W, Hallak, Jaime Eduardo C, Leite, Claudia C, Castro, Claudio C, Santos, Antonio Carlos, Murray, Robin M, Busatto, Geraldo F

“…Structural brain abnormalities in schizophrenia have been repeatedly demonstrated in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies, but it remains unclear whether…”
Get full text

Structural brain abnormalities in early-onset schizophrenia by Ferrari, Maria Cristina Lombardo, Kimura, Luci, Nita, Luciana M, Elkis, Hélio

“…Few studies investigated brain abnormalities in early onset schizophrenia. To assess computed tomography (CT) abnormalities in patients with childhood or…”
Get full text

Efficacy and Moderators of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Psychosis Versus Other Psychological Interventions: An Individual-Participant Data Meta-Analysis by Turner, David T, Reijnders, Mirjam, van der Gaag, Mark, Karyotaki, Eirini, Valmaggia, Lucia R, Moritz, Steffen, Lecomte, Tania, Turkington, Douglas, Penadés, Rafael, Elkis, Helio, Cather, Corinne, Shawyer, Frances, O'Connor, Kieron, Li, Zhan-Jiang, de Paiva Barretto, Eliza Martha, Cuijpers, Pim

“…Study-level meta-analyses have demonstrated the efficacy of cognitive-behavioural therapy for psychosis (CBTp). Limitations of conventional meta-analysis may…”
Get full text

Corrigendum to “The danger of averages in the context of heterogeneity: Response to the letter to the editor of SCZ RES - role of ECT in patients with CRS - Markota et al., 2024” [Schizophr. Res. 269 (2024): 120–122] by Elkis, Helio

Get full text

A 6-month randomized controlled trial to test the efficacy of a lifestyle intervention for weight gain management in schizophrenia by Attux, Cecília, Martini, Larissa C, Elkis, Hélio, Tamai, Sérgio, Freirias, Andréa, Camargo, Maria das Graças Miquelutti, Mateus, Mário Dinis, Mari, Jair de Jesus, Reis, André F, Bressan, Rodrigo A

“…Patients with schizophrenia have lower longevity than the general population as a consequence of a combination of risk factors connected to the disease,…”
Get full text

Investigation of possible association between Ser9Gly polymorphism of the D3 dopaminergic receptor gene and response to typical antipsychotics in patients with schizophrenia by Cordeiro, Quirino, Miguita, Karen, Miracca, Elisabete, Elkis, Hélio, Vallada, Homero

“…Typical antipsychotics have a high affinity for dopamine receptors. It is therefore of interest to investigate such loci in pharmacogenetic studies on…”
Get full text

Systematic review of dementia prevalence 1994 to 2000 by Lopes, Marcos Antonio, Hototian, Sérgio Ricardo, Reis, Geraldo C, Elkis, Hélio, Bottino, Cassio Machado de Campos

“…Ageing has occurred in all regions of the world, with impact on neuropsychiatric disorders, particularly dementia. However, previous meta-analysis and reviews…”
Get full text