João Vinicius Salgado
Professor
Morphology
University of Minas
Brazil
Biography
Louis Pasteur University of Strasbourg 1 and PhD in Psychobiology from the University of São Paulo. He is currently Adjunct Professor of the Morphology Department of the Federal University of Minas Gerais and Preceptor of the Medical Residency in Psychiatry at the Raul Soares-FHEMIG Institute. Has experience in the area of ​​neurosciences and psychiatry, working mainly in the following subjects: cognition, schizophrenia, experimental models, cannabinoid system, inflammatory and immunological aspects in schizophrenia, neuropsychology, and clinical psychiatry.
Research Interest
Experimental models of schizophrenia, Cognitive aspects of schizophrenia, labor and psychosocial reinsertion and quality of life, Psychiatric aspects in patients before and after epilepsy surgery, Psychiatric aspects in patients with difficult to control epilepsy.
Publications
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MANTOVANI, LM ; MACHADO-DE-SOUZA, JP; SALGADO, JV . UCSD Performance-Based Skills Assessment (UPSA): validation of a Brazilian version in patients with schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research: Cognition, v. 2, p. 20-25, 2015.
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MANTOVANI, LM ; FERRETJANS, R.; MARCAL, IM; ABSTRACT: GUIMARAES, FC; SALGADO, JV . Family burden in schizophrenia: the influence of onset age and negative symptoms. Trends in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, v. 38, p. 96-99, 2016.
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CRUZ, BF ; RESENDE, CB ; CARVALHAES, CFR; CARDOSO, CS ; TEIXEIRA, AL ; KEEFE, RS; ROCHA, FL. ; SALGADO, JV . Interview-based assessment of cognition is a strong predictor of quality of life in schizophrenia, especially in patients with severe negative symptoms .. Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria (São Paulo, 1999. Printed) , v. 38, p. 216-221, 2016.