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Beny Lafer

University of São Paulo
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Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) and International Society for Bipolar Disorders (ISBD) 2018 guidelines for the management of patients …

…, RS McIntyre, J Kozicky, S Kanba, B Lafer… - Bipolar …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments ( CANMAT ) previously published
treatment guidelines for bipolar disorder in 2005, along with international commentaries and …

Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) and International Society for Bipolar Disorders (ISBD) collaborative update of CANMAT guidelines for …

…, DJ Bond, BN Frey, BI Goldstein, B Lafer… - Bipolar …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Yatham LN, Kennedy SH, Parikh SV, Schaffer A, Beaulieu S, Alda M, O’Donovan C,
MacQueen G, McIntyre RS, Sharma V, Ravindran A, Young LT, Milev R, Bond DJ, Frey BN, …

The International Society for Bipolar Disorders (ISBD) task force report on antidepressant use in bipolar disorders

…, M Valentí, DH Mazzei, B Lafer… - American Journal of …, 2013 - psychiatryonline.org
Objective The risk-benefit profile of antidepressant medications in bipolar disorder is
controversial. When conclusive evidence is lacking, expert consensus can guide treatment …

Cortical abnormalities in bipolar disorder: an MRI analysis of 6503 individuals from the ENIGMA Bipolar Disorder Working Group

…, AM Dale, A Pfennig, AM McIntosh, B Lafer… - Molecular …, 2018 - nature.com
Despite decades of research, the pathophysiology of bipolar disorder (BD) is still not well
understood. Structural brain differences have been associated with BD, but results from …

Hippocampal volume in primary unipolar major depression: a magnetic resonance imaging study

K Vakili, SS Pillay, B Lafer, M Fava, PF Renshaw… - Biological …, 2000 - Elsevier
Background: Previous studies have shown that major depression is frequently accompanied
by hypercortisolemia. There is some evidence suggesting that an increase in the …

A double-blind trial of bupropion versus desipramine for bipolar depression.

GS Sachs, B Lafer, AL Stoll, M Banov… - The Journal of clinical …, 1994 - europepmc.org
Background Although treatment of bipolar depression is a frequent clinical problem, double-blind
studies of the treatment of bipolar depression are scarce. Some case series and …

Bipolar mixed states: an international society for bipolar disorders task force report of symptom structure, course of illness, and diagnosis

AC Swann, B Lafer, G Perugi, MA Frye… - American Journal of …, 2013 - psychiatryonline.org
Objective Episodes of bipolar disorder are defined as depressive or manic, but depressive
and manic symptoms can combine in the same episode. Coexistence or rapid alternation of …

Brain aging in major depressive disorder: results from the ENIGMA major depressive disorder working group

…, FM Howells, M Ingvar, R Kuplicki, B Lafer… - Molecular …, 2021 - nature.com
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is associated with an increased risk of brain atrophy,
aging-related diseases, and mortality. We examined potential advanced brain aging in adult …

Brain glutamate levels measured by magnetic resonance spectroscopy in patients with bipolar disorder: a meta‐analysis

AD Gigante, DJ Bond, B Lafer, RW Lam… - Bipolar …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Gigante AD, Bond DJ, Lafer B, Lam RW, Young LT, Yatham LN. Brain glutamate levels
measured by magnetic resonance spectroscopy in patients with bipolar disorder: a meta‐analysis…

All-cause and cause-specific mortality among people with bipolar disorder: a large-scale systematic review and meta-analysis

…, E Dragioti, AF Carvalho, M Solmi, B Lafer - Molecular …, 2023 - nature.com
Objective Bipolar disorder (BD) is associated with premature mortality. All-cause and specific
mortality risks in this population remain unclear, and more studies are still needed to further …