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Benedetto Saraceno
Researcher at Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Publications - 124
Citations - 8388
Benedetto Saraceno is an academic researcher from Universidade Nova de Lisboa. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mental health & Health policy. The author has an hindex of 37, co-authored 118 publications receiving 7168 citations. Previous affiliations of Benedetto Saraceno include Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research & University of Geneva.
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A World Health Organization perspective on neurology and neuroscience.
TL;DR: Two of the key constitutional responsibilities of the World Health Organization (WHO) are research and promotion of research in different areas of health and fostering cooperation among scientific and professional groups that contribute to the advancement of health.
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Redução da estigmatização e da discriminação das pessoas idosas com transtornos mentais: uma declaração técnica de consenso
Nori Graham,James Lindesay,Cornelius Katona,José Manoel Bertolote,Vincent Camus,John R. M. Copeland,Carlos Augusto de Mendonça Lima,Michel Gaillard,Marie Christine Gély Nargeot,John Gray,Lars Jacobsson,Mireille Kingma,Nicolas Kühne,Anne O'Loughlin,Wolfgang Rutz,Benedetto Saraceno,Zebulon Taintor,Johannes Wancata +17 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a technical consensus statement on the stigmatization of older people with mental disorders is presented, outlining the nature, causes and consequences of this stigmatization and promoting and suggesting policies, programs and actions to combat it.
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Mapping actions to improve access to medicines for mental disorders in low and middle income countries.
TL;DR: Activating these actions offers an unique opportunity to address the broader issue of increasing access to treatments and care for mental disorders, as current lack of attention to mental disorders is a central barrier across all domains of the 4 × 4 access framework.
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Organization of services and pattern of psychiatric care in Nicaragua: Result of a survey in 1986
TL;DR: In this article, the authors studied the organization of services and patterns of psychiatric care in Nicaragua in 1986, 7 years after the substantial changes in health policy launched after the revolution and indicated that the overall re-organization of the system is indicated by the progressive abandoning of the mental hospital as the center of Psychiatric care and the creation of 15 community-based mental health centers now functioning throughout the country.