Improving mental and neurological health research in Latin America: a qualitative study

Fiestas, Fabián; Gallo, Carla; Poletti, Giovanni; Bustamante, Inés; Alarcón, Renato D.; Mari, Jair J.; Razzouk, Denise; Olifson, Sylvie; Mazzotti, Guido

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“…In this analysis, the area of Neurosciences stood out in terms of the production of scientific papers indexed in databases such as the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) and Scopus 6 . Several studies have assessed the scientific production of Neurosciences in Brazil and Latin America [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] . However, specific data about the main Brazilian researchers in this area of knowledge are still relatively scarce 16 .…”

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Perfil e análise da produção científica dos pesquisadores brasileiros em Neurociência Clínica

Romano-Silva¹,

Corrêa²,

Oliveira³

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Rev. psiquiatr. clín.

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Background: Several studies have examined the scientific production of National Counsel of Technological and Scientific Development (CNPq) researchers in various areas of knowledge. However, specific data about the main Brazilian researchers in Neurosciences are scarce. Objective: Evaluate the scientific production of researchers in the field of Neurosciences who receives productivity grant from the CNPq. Methods: The Lattes Curriculum of 58 researchers with active grants in the years from 2006 to 2008 were included in the analysis. The variables of interest were: gender, affiliation, human resources training, and scientific production. Grants categories/levels were classified according to CNPq database. Results: There was predominance of grants level 1 (55.2%). Researchers published 6,526 articles (median of 90). Of these, 61% were indexed in the ISI database. There was no significant difference between the categories regarding the number of articles (P = 0.12). The median h-index was 10.5 and the median m-index was 0.77. There was no significant difference in m-index between the categories (P = 0.28). Discussion: Strategies to qualitatively improve the scientific output possibly can be enhanced by the knowledge of the profile of researchers in the field of Neurosciences.

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Perfil e análise da produção científica dos pesquisadores brasileiros em Neurociência Clínica

Romano-Silva¹,

Corrêa²,

Oliveira³

et al. 2013

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“…Actually, most of psychiatry/mental health research in Latin American countries appears to be generated from individual researchers decisions, mainly guided from funding sources' requests for applications, but not from an integrated work involving the countries' health systems and their governments. A discussion on how this could be addressed -taken from interviews to key psychiatry/mental health actors from Latin America -is presented in Fiestas et al (2009).…”

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“…Although awareness about the importance of investing in mental health research is increasing, the 10/90 gap still is present (Saraceno & Saxena, 2004;Saxena, Paraje, Sharan, Karan, & Sadana, 2006). During the last years, many efforts have been fostered and most of them are currently under way (Fiestas et al, , 2009Razzouk et al, 2008Razzouk et al, , 2009Sharan, Levav, Olifson, de Fransisco, & Saxena, 2007;Sharan et al, 2009;WHO, 2008), to promote mental health research in Latin American countries with the involvement of both the global community as well as regional actors.…”

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Current status and future perspectives for psychiatry/mental health research in Latin America

Gallo¹,

Tohen²

2010

International Review of Psychiatry

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Working towards mentally healthy societies is fundamental for Latin American countries, in order to keep the pace of development. Although awareness about the importance of mental health research is increasing in Latin America, the mismatch between needs and investment (the 10/90 gap) is still present. During recent years, many initiatives have been fostered to promote mental health research in the region. This paper summarizes the information collected through those efforts, in addition to presenting the current state of research in the field of psychiatry and mental health in Latin American countries. Future perspectives for the field in the region are discussed in terms of funding, research priorities and research resources, as well as the potential of Latin American countries to insert themselves within global psychiatry/mental health research efforts.

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“…Si agregamos violencia, estas prioridades reportadas para nuestro país coincidirían con los informes mundiales de carga de enfermedad (1) y con las percepciones que tienen actores claves de la salud MN en Latinoamérica y el globo (13,15). Todo ello hace que estas patologías sean candidatas de excepción por las cuales empezar a investigar en el área.…”

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“…El presente artículo basa su contenido, en gran medida, en los principales hallazgos de estos estudios (11)(12)(13)(14)(15), pero enfatiza especialmente lo que se observa para la realidad peruana.…”

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La investigación como herramienta para mejorar el área de la salud mental y neurológica en países con pocos recursos.

Fiestas¹

2013

Rev Neuropsiquiatr

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La investigación como herramienta para mejorar el área de la salud mental.La investigación como herramienta para mejorar el área de la salud mental y neurológica en países con pocos recursos.Research as a tool to improve the mental and neurological health area in low-resource countries. Fabián Fiestas1 . RESUMENLos problemas de salud mental y neurológica contribuyen de manera significativa a la carga global de enfermedad. Sin embargo, este tipo de problemas continúa siendo desatendido, especialmente en los países de bajos y medianos ingresos. Para mejorar esta área de la salud será importante tomar decisiones que signifiquen políticas, programas e intervenciones costo-efectivas. El proceso de tomar decisiones exitosas se verá fortalecido si se cuenta con evidencia científica de base. No obstante, la producción de tal evidencia es escasa en la mayoría de países con pocos recursos. En este artículo, el autor evalúa el estado actual de la investigación en salud mental y neurológica en los países latinoamericanos, enfatizando especialmente lo que se observa en el contexto peruano. El artículo discute los desafíos, recursos y oportunidades que tiene actualmente la investigación en esta área de interés y, finalmente, propone una serie de recomendaciones para potenciar el ciclo de producción-utilización de la investigación que estimule el proceso de toma de decisiones. (Rev Neuropsiquiatr 2009; 72:47-57).PALABRAS CLAVE: Investigación, psiquiatría y neurología, políticas de salud mental, latinoamérica SUMMARYMental and neurological health problems contribute largely to the burden of disease worldwide. However, this type of health problems remain neglected, especially in low-and middle-income countries. Improvements in this area will depend on making decisions that translate in cost-effective policies, programs and interventions. Making the most appropriate decisions will, in turn, be strengthened if scientific evidence is available to inform this process. Nonetheless, scientific production is scant in most limited-resources settings. In this article, the author assesses the status of mental and neurological health research in Latin American countries, with an emphasis on the Peruvian context. Current challenges, resources, and opportunities in the area are discussed to finally draw a set of recommendations designed to boost the research production-utilization cycle that fuels the decision making process. (Rev Neuropsiquiatr 2009; 72:47-57).

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Improving mental and neurological health research in Latin America: a qualitative study

Cited by 14 publications

References 15 publications

Perfil e análise da produção científica dos pesquisadores brasileiros em Neurociência Clínica

Perfil e análise da produção científica dos pesquisadores brasileiros em Neurociência Clínica

Current status and future perspectives for psychiatry/mental health research in Latin America

La investigación como herramienta para mejorar el área de la salud mental y neurológica en países con pocos recursos.

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