TSF // Understanding ADHD Involves Analysis of the Entire Nervous System
A study developed by researchers from Porto on the Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) indicates that in order to understand this pathology and its causes, it is necessary to analyze the entire nervous system. Developed in a partnership that brought together Pedro Pereira Rodrigues, from CINTESIS, and researchers of the Polytechnic Institute of Porto Bruno Vieira de Melo and Maria [...]
CINTESIS Study: Nurses Can Help Reduce Anxiety
Psychotherapeutic intervention performed by specialized Mental Health nurses combined with pharmacotherapy is significantly more effective at reducing anxiety levels and promoting self-control in people with pathological anxiety than the treatment only with medication. This is the conclusion of a study carried out by a group of researchers at CINTESIS/Nursing School of Porto (ESEP in Portuguese), including Francisco Sampaio (first author), [...]
Spin-off Improves Data Safety With a “Black Box”
An experts team from HealthySystems, a U.Porto spin-off, is developing a pilot project along with the Agência para a Modernização Administrativa (AMA) (Agency for Administrative Modernization). The project aims to register the accesses to the services of the Portal do Cidadão, so that they are in compliance with the new European Data Protection Regulation, maintaining the traceability of information. "It's [...]
CINTESIS Researcher Among Authors of International Book on Mental Health
Lia Fernandes, researcher from CINTESIS – Center for Health Technology and Services Research, is the Portuguese specialist among the authors of the book “Global Mental Health – Prevention and Promotion”, edited by the renowned publisher Springer. The CINTESIS psychiatrist and mental health researcher is the author of the chapter entitled "Mental Health and Carers," in which she recalls that the [...]
CINTESIS Study: Doctors and Patients Must Prevent Greater Harm
Doctors and patients should neither overestimate the benefits nor underestimate the harm of curative interventions, or they may increase the risk of unreasonable and even ethically questionable diagnosis and treatment. The alert is given by Carlos Martins, from CINTESIS - Center for Health Technology and Services Research, in a scientific article entitled "Quaternary prevention: reviewing the concept" recently published in [...]
BLICS: B-Learning Course on Clinical Research Stars in February
The first edition of the BLICS - B-Learning Introduction to Clinical Studies, a clinical research course developed at the Department of Community Medicine, Health Information and Decision (MEDCIDS), Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto (FMUP), with the support of CINTESIS - Center for Health Technology and Services Research. The course is aimed at resident medical interns and specialists, medical students, [...]