Prof. Maria Luisa Figueira

CURRICULA VITAE
Name- Maria Luisa Figueira
Department of Psychiatry. Faculty of Medicine of Lisbon. University of Lisbon.
1699 Lisboa Codex Portugal
Present academic and hospital position:
Full Professor of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon
Head of Psychiatric Department – Hospital Santa Maria – University of Lisbon
Past positions:
President of the College of Psychiatrists (2001 – 2006)
President of the Portuguese Society of Psychiatry (2005-2006)
Scientific area of research: Clinical and experimental psychopathology; Clinical Psychopharmacology
Organization of scientific international meetings
International Symposia on Bipolar Disorders - Lisbon 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011 Since 1997 in cooperation with Hagop Akiskal – Honorary President (Univ. San Diego)
President of the local organizing committee – European Psychiatric Association Congress EPA Congress, Lisbon January 2009
President of the organizing committee. “International Review of Bipolar Disorders” (IRBD). Lisbon, May 2009
President of the “International Congress for Philosophy and Psychiatry”. Lisbon, October 2009
President of the organizing committee. World Congress of Social Psychiatry. Lisbon. June 2013
Scientific Societies
Collegium Internationalle Neupsychopharmacologicum (CINP) – fellow since 1978
European Association of Psychiatry (EAP) – fellow since 2002
International Society of Affective Disorders (ISAD) – fellow since 2003
Awards
“European Bipolar Forum Lifetime achievement award” to her significant contribution to the field over a substantial period of time. May 2010 during the International Conference in Budapest (IRBD).
More than 400 scientific communications and presentations – National and International Meetings
More than 200 papers published
Some Publications since 2010-2012
“Validation of the Temperament Evaluation of Memphis, Pisa, Paris and San Diego (TEMPS-A): Portuguese-Lisbon Version”. M. Luísa Figueira, Lara Caeiro, Ana Ferro, Lara Severino; Pedro M. Duarte, Manuela Abreu, Hagop S Akiskal, Kareen k Akiskal. Journal of Affective Disorders. 111 (2008) 193-203.
“Temperament in Portuguese university students as measured by TEMPS-A: Implications for professional choice”. M. Luisa Figueira , Lara Caeiro , Ana Ferro , Raul Cordeiro , Pedro M. Duarte, Hagop S. Akiskal , Kareen K. Akiskal . Journal of Affective Disorders. Vol.123. Issue 1, Pages 30-35 (June 2010)
“Discrepant nocturnal melatonin levels in monozygotic twins discordant for schizophrenia and its impact on sleep”. Afonso P, Brissos S, Figueira ML, Paiva T. Schizophr Res. 2010. Jul;120(1-3):227-8.
“Gender-related endocrinological dysfunction and mental disorders”. Figueira ML, Ouakinin S. Curr Opin Psychiatry. 2010 Jul;23(4):369-72.
“Effectivity of screening, concepts and attitudes towards metabolic síndrome: a study in bipolar patients followed in Hospital Santa Maria psychiatric consultation” Guerreiro DF, Navarro R, Telles-Correia D, Martins P, Trigo E, Silva M, Neves A, Góis C, Figueira ML. Acta Med Port. 2010 Mar-Apr;23(2):173-82.
“Neuropsychiatric disturbances in acute subarachnoid haemorrhage”. Caeiro L, Santos CO, Ferro JM, Figueira ML Eur J Neurol. 2010 Dec 8.
“Portuguese version of the Marková and Berrios Insight Scale”. Vanelli I, Chendo I, Levy P, Figueira ML, Góis C, Santos J, Markova I. Acta Med Port. 2010 Nov-Dec;23(6):1011-1016.
“Cognition, social cognition and functioning in schizophrenia”. Vaz-Serra A, Palha A, Figueira ML, Bessa-Peixoto A, Brissos S, Casquinha P, Damas-Reis F, Ferreira L, Gago J, Jara J, Relvas J, Marques-Teixeira J. Acta Med Port. 2010 Nov-Dec;23(6):1043-1058.
“Is personal and social functioning associated with subjective quality of life in schizophrenia patients living in the community? “Brissos S, Balanzá-Martinez V, Dias VV, Carita AI, Figueira ML.Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2011 Mar 8. [Epub ahead of print]
“Measuring psychosocial outcomes in schizophrenia patients”. Figueira ML, Brissos S. Curr Opin Psychiatry. 2011 Mar;24(2):91-9.
“Schizophrenia patients with predominant positive symptoms have more disturbed sleep-wake cycles measured by actigraphy”. Afonso P, Brissos S, Figueira ML, Paiva T. Psychiatry Res. 2011 Jan.
“Early intervention in psychosis: prepsychotic period ”. Ricardo Coentre, Pedo Levy, Maria Luísa Figueira. Acta Med Port 2011; 24:117-126
“Clinical management and burden of bipolar disorder: a multinational longitudinal study (WAVE-bd Study)”. Vieta E, Blasco-Colmenares E, Figueira ML, Langosch JM, Moreno-Manzanaro M, Medina E, Study Group TW. BMC Psychiatry. 2011 Apr 11;11(1):58.
“Sensitivity to expressions of pain in Schizophrenia patients”. Martins MJ, Moura BL, Martins IP, Figueira ML, Prkachin KM. Psychiatry Res. 2011 Apr 4
“Symptomatic remission in schizophrenia patients: Relationship with social functioning, quality of life, and neurocognitive performance”. Brissos S, Dias VV, Balanzá-Martinez V, Carita AI, Figueira ML. Schizophr Res. 2011 Jul;129(2-3):133-6.
“The importance of measuring psychosocial functioning in schizophrenia. Sofia Brissos , Andrew Molodynski , Vasco Videira Dias, Figueira ML. Annals of General Psychiatry . 2011, 10 (1):18
“Clinical and therapeutic characterization of a Portuguese sample of patients with schizophrenia”. Simões do Couto F, Queiroz C, Barbosa T, Ferreira L, Firmino H, Viseu M, Ramos L, Romero J, Figueira ML; Grupo de estudio ACORDARE. Actas Esp Psiquiatr. 2011 May; 39(3):147-54.
“Mania and Stroke:A Systematic Review”. Santos CO, Caeiro L, Ferro JM, Figueira ML. Cerebrovasc Dis. 2011 May 11;32(1):11-21.
“The role of affective temperaments in metabolic control in patients with type 2 diabetes”. Gois C, Barbosa A, Ferro A, Santos AL, Sousa F, Akiskal H, Akiskal K, Figueira ML. J Affect Disord. 2011 Jun 2.
“The Portuguese version of the Personal and Social Performance Scale (PSP): reliability, validity, and relationship with cognitive measures in hospitalized and community schizophrenia patients”. Brissos S, Palhavã F, Marques JG, Mexia S, Carmo AL, Carvalho M, Dias C, Franco JD, Mendes R, Zuzarte P, Carita AI, Molodynski A, Figueira ML.. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2012 Jul;47(7):1077-86..
“Sleep-promoting action of the endogenous melatonin in schizophrenia compared to healthy controls.” Afonso P, Figueira ML, Paiva T. Int J Psychiatry Clin Pract. 2011 Nov;15(4):311-5. Epub 2011 Aug 28..
“Apathy in acute stroke patients”. Caeiro L, Ferro JM, Figueira ML.. Eur J Neurol. 2012 Feb;19(2):291-7.
“A Study of Suicidal Thoughts in Acute Stroke Patients”. Santos CO, Caeiro L, Ferro JM, Figueira ML. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2011 Oct 12.
“Time and space in Manic Episodes”. M.L. Figueira, L. Madeira. Dialogues in Philosophy, Mental and Neuro Sciences – Volume 4, Issue 2, December 2011.
Fighting stigma of mental illness in midsize European countries. Beldie A, den Boer JA, Brain C, Constant E, Figueira ML, Filipcic I, Gillain B, Jakovljevic M, Jarema M, Jelenova D, Karamustafalioglu O, Kores Plesnicar B, Kovacsova A, Latalova K, Marksteiner J, Palha F, Pecenak J, Prasko J, Prelipceanu D, Ringen PA, Sartorius N, Seifritz E, Svestka J, Tyszkowska M, Wancata J.. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2012 Apr;47 Suppl 1:1-38.
Translating neurotrophic and cellular plasticity: from pathophysiology to improved therapeutics for bipolar disorder.Soeiro-de-Souza MG, Dias VV, Figueira ML, Forlenza OV, Gattaz WF, Zarate CA Jr, Machado-Vieira R. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2012 Jun 8.
The relationship between temperament, diabetes and depression Gois C, Akiskal H, Akiskal K, Figueira ML.. J Affect Disord. 2012 Oct;142 Suppl:S67-71.
Depressive temperament, distress, psychological adjustment and depressive symptoms in type 2 diabetes Gois C, Akiskal H, Akiskal K, Figueira ML.. J Affect Disord. 2012 Aug 15.
Pharmacological approaches in bipolar disorders and the impact on cognition: a critical overview Dias VV, Balanzá-Martinez V, Soeiro-de-Souza MG, Moreno RA, Figueira ML, Machado-Vieira R, Vieta E.. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2012 Nov;126(5):315-331.
Post-stroke apathy: an exploratory longitudinal study. Caeiro L, Ferro JM, Pinho E Melo T, Canhão P, Figueira ML. Cerebrovasc Dis. 2013;35(6):507-13.
Clinical management and burden of bipolar disorder: results from a multinational longitudinal study (WAVE-bd). Vieta E, Langosch JM, Figueira ML, Souery D, Blasco-Colmenares E, Medina E, Moreno-Manzanaro M, Gonzalez MA, Bellivier F. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol. 2013 Sep;16(8):1719-32.
Association between deliberate self-harm and coping in adolescents: a critical review of the last 10 years' literature. Guerreiro DF, Cruz D, Frasquilho D, Santos JC, Figueira ML, Sampaio D. Arch Suicide Res. 2013;17(2):91-105
Grunze H, Vieta E, Goodwin GM, Bowden C, Licht RW, Möller HJ, Kasper S; WFSBP Task Force on Treatment Guidelines for Bipolar Disorders (Figueira ML et.al.). The World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) guidelines for the biological treatment of bipolar disorders: update 2012 on the long-term treatment of bipolar disorder. World J Biol Psychiatry. 2013 Apr;14(3):154-219
Sleep-wake patterns in schizophrenia patients compared to healthy controls. Afonso P, Figueira ML, Paiva T World J Biol Psychiatry. 2013 Jan 15.
Capítulo de Livros
Psychopathology: Theory, perspectives and future approaches. Drozdstoj Stoyanov (ed.). Luis Madeira, Maria Luisa Figueira. Appraising Neuroscience Research in the Field of Mental Disorders. Nova Publishers. USA. 2013
35. Pombo S, Figueira ML, da Costa NF, Ismail F, Yang G, Akiskal K, Akiskal H. The burden of cyclothymia on alcohol dependence. J Affect Disord. 2013
36. Guerreiro DF, Sampaio D, Rihmer Z, Gonda X, Figueira ML . Affective temperaments and self-harm in adolescents: a cross-sectional study from a community sample. J Affect Disord. 2013 Dec;151(3):891-8
37. Caeiro L, Ferro JM, Pinho E Melo T, Canhão P, Figueira ML. Post-stroke apathy: an exploratory longitudinal study. Cerebrovasc Dis. 2013;35(6):507-13
38. Afonso P, Ramos MR, Saraiva S, Moreira CA, Figueira ML. Assessing the relation between career satisfaction in psychiatry with lifelong learning and scientific activity . Psychiatry Res. 2014 Apr 5
39. Bellivier F, Delavest M, Coulomb S, Figueira ML, Langosch JM, Souery D, Vieta E . Therapeutic management of bipolar disorder in France and Europe: a multinational longitudinal study (WAVE-bd).Encephale. 2014 Oct;40(5):392-400
40. Guerreiro DF, Cruz D, Figueira ML, Sampaio D. Adaptation and psychometric proprieties study for the Portuguese version of the Adolescent Coping Scale - Escala de Coping para Adolescentes. Acta Med Port. 2014 Mar-Apr;27(2):166-80.
41. Samuel Pombo, Nuno Félix da Costa, Fátima Ismail, José M. Neves Cardoso, and Maria Luıísa Figueira. Alexithymia and alcohol dependence: Do different subtypes manifest different emotion regulations? Addiction Research & Theory. 2014
Bellivier F, Delavest M, Coulomb S, Figueira ML, Langosch JM, Souery D, Vieta E. Therapeutic management of bipolar disorder in France and Europe: a multinational longitudinal study (WAVE-bd)]. Encephale. 2014 Oct;40(5):392-400.
Pombo S, da Costa NF, Figueira ML. Are the binary typology models of alcoholism valid in polydrug abusers? Rev Bras Psiquiatr. 2015 Jan-Mar;37(1):40-8.
Guerreiro DF, Figueira ML, Cruz D, Sampaio D. Coping strategies in adolescents who self-harm. Crisis 2015;36(1):31-7.
Pombo S, da Costa NF, Figueira ML, Ismail F, Lesch OM. Multidimensional alcoholism typologies: could they guide clinical practice? Results from a 3-month prospective study. Int J Psychiatry Clin Pract. 2015 Jun;19(2):137-47.
Self-Harm in Adolescents: A Self-Report Survey in Schools from Lisbon, Portugal Guerreiro DF, Sampaio D, Figueira ML, Madge N.. Arch Suicide Res. 2015 Mar 12:1-17.
Ferro JM, Caeiro L, Figueira ML. Neuropsychiatric sequelae of stroke. Nat Rev Neurol. 2016 May;12(5):269-80.
Simões do Couto F, Lunet N, Ginó S, Chester C, Freitas V, Maruta C, Figueira ML, de Mendonça A. Depression with melancholic features is associated with higher long-term risk for dementia. J Affect Disord. 2016 Sep 15;202:220-9.
Data-Franco J, Singh A, Popovic D, Ashton M, Berk M, Vieta E, Figueira ML, Dean OM Beyond the therapeutic shackles of the monoamines: New mechanisms in bipolar disorder biology. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol. Biol Psychiatry. 2017 Jan 4;72:73-86.
Coentre R, Faravelli C, Figueira ML. Assessment of depression and suicidal behaviour among medical students in Portugal. Int J Med Educ. 2016 Oct 29;7:354-363.
Andrea M, Dias Ó, Andrea M, Figueira ML. Functional Voice Disorders: The Importance of the Psychologist in Clinical Voice Assessment. J Voice. 2017 Jul;31(4):507.e13-507.e22..
Madeira L, Carmenates S, Costa C, Linhares L, Stanghellini G, Figueira ML, Sass L. Basic Self-Disturbances beyond Schizophrenia: Discrepancies and Affinities in Panic Disorder. - An Empirical Clinical Study. Psychopathology. 2017;50(2):157-168.
Coentre R, Talina MC, Góis C, Figueira ML. Depressive symptoms and suicidal behavior after first-episode psychosis: A comprehensive systematic review. Psychiatry Res. 2017 Jul;253:240-248.
Paulino S, Pombo S, Ismail F, Figueira ML, Lesch O. The role of affective temperament as a predictor of relapse in alcohol dependence. Personal Ment Health. 2017 Jun 29.
Madeira L, Carmenates S, Costa C, Linhares L, Stanghellini G, Figueira ML, Sass L. Rejoinder to Commentary: "Panic, Self-Disorder, and EASE Research: Methodological Considerations ". Psychopathology. 2017;50(3):228-230.
Andrea M, Andrea M, Figueira ML. Self-perception of quality of life in patients with functional voice disorders: the effects of psychological and vocal acoustic variables. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2018 Aug 16.
Zuzarte P, Duong A, Figueira ML, Costa-Vitali A, Scola G. Current Therapeutic Approaches for Targeting Inflammation in Depression and Cardiovascular Disease. Curr Drug Metab. 2018;19(8):674-687.
Zuzarte P, Scola G, Duong A, Kostiw K, Figueira ML, Costa-Vitali A. NT-proBNP is a potential mediator between reduced ejection fraction and depression in patients with heart failure. J Psychiatr Res. 2018 Sep;104:8-15
Madeira L, Leal B, Filipe T, Rodrigues MF, Figueira ML. The Uncanny of the Illness Experience: Can Phenomenology Help? Psychopathology. 2019 Nov 13:1-8
Novais F, Pestana LC, Loureiro S, Andrea M, Figueira ML, Pimentel J. Psychiatric disorders as predictors of epilepsy surgery outcome. Epilepsy Behav. 2019 Nov
Fountoulakis KN, Dragioti E, Theofilidis AT, Wikilund T, Atmatzidis X, Nimatoudis I, Thys E, Wampers M, Hranov L, Hristova T, Aptalidis D, Milev R, Iftene F, Spaniel F, Knytl P, Furstova P, From T, Karlsson H, Walta M, Salokangas RKR, Azorin JM, Bouniard J, Montant J, Juckel G, Haussleiter IS, Douzenis A, Michopoulos I, Ferentinos P, Smyrnis N, Mantonakis L, Nemes Z, Gonda X, Vajda D, Juhasz A, Shrivastava A, Waddington J, Pompili M, Comparelli A, Corigliano V, Rancans E, Navickas A, Hilbig J, Bukelskis L, Injac Stevovic L, Vodopic S, Esan O, Oladele O, Osunbote C, Rybakowski JΚ, Wojciak P, Domowicz K, Figueira ML, Linhares L, Crawford J, Panfil AL, Smirnova D, Izmailova O, Lecic-Tosevski D, Temmingh H, Howells F, Bobes J, Garcia-Portilla MP, García-Alvarez L, Erzin G, Karadağ H, De Sousa A, Bendre A, Hoschl C, Bredicean C, Papava I, Vukovic O, Pejuskovic B, Russell V, Athanasiadis L, Konsta A, Stein D, Berk M, Dean O, Tandon R, Kasper S, De Hert M. Staging of Schizophrenia With the Use of PANSS: An International Multi-Center Study. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol. 2019 Nov 1;22(11):681-697
Moura BM, Avila A, Chendo I, Frade P, Barandas R, Vian J, Croca M, Roberto A, Almeida C, Antunes F, Linhares L, Crawford J, Ferreira C, Santos J, Abreu M, Levy P, Figueira ML, Mendes T. Facilitating the Delivery of Cognitive Remediation in First-Episode Psychosis: Pilot Study of a Home-Delivered Web-Based Intervention. J Nerv Ment Dis. 2019 Nov;207(11):951-957.
Madeira L, Pienkos E, Filipe T, Melo M, Queiroz G, Eira J, Costa C, Figueira ML, Sass L. Self and world experience in non-affective first episode of psychosis. Schizophr Res. 2019 Sep;211:69-78.
Novais F, Franco A, Loureiro S, Andrea M, Figueira ML, Pimentel J, Pestana LC. Personality patterns of people with medically refractory epilepsy - Does the epileptogenic zone matter? Epilepsy Behav. 2019 Aug;97:130-134.
Novais F, Pestana LC, Loureiro S, Andrea M, Figueira ML, Pimentel J. Clinical determinants of psychopathological outcomes after epilepsy surgery. Epilepsy Behav. 2019 Aug;97:111-117.
Novais F, Pestana LC, Loureiro S, Andrea M, Figueira ML, Pimentel J. Predicting de novo psychopathology after epilepsy surgery: A 3-year cohort study. Epilepsy Behav. 2019 Jan;90:204-208. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2018.11.037. Epub 2018 Dec 17.