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Dinarte Ballester
Researcher at Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos
Publications - 17
Citations - 464
Dinarte Ballester is an academic researcher from Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mental health & Cronbach's alpha. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 16 publications receiving 389 citations. Previous affiliations of Dinarte Ballester include Federal University of São Paulo & Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul.
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Brazilian multicentre study of common mental disorders in primary care: rates and related social and demographic factors
Daniel Almeida Gonçalves,Jair de Jesus Mari,Peter Bower,Linda Gask,Christopher Dowrick,Luís Fernando Tófoli,Mônica Rodrigues Campos,Flávia Batista Portugal,Dinarte Ballester,Sandra Fortes +9 more
TL;DR: Prevalence proportions of mental problems were especially common for females, the unemployed, those with less education and those with lower incomes, in the context of the Brazilian government's moves towards developing primary health care and reorganizing mental health policies.
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Discrimination in the workplace, reported by people with major depressive disorder : a cross-sectional study in 35 countries
Evelien P. M. Brouwers,Jolanda J. P. Mathijssen,T. Van Bortel,Lee Knifton,Kristian Wahlbeck,C. Van Audenhove,N. Kadri,Ch Chang,B. R. Goud,Dinarte Ballester,Luís Fernando Tófoli,R. Bello,M. F. Jorge-Monteiro,H. Zaske,I. Milacic,Alp Üçok,Chiara Bonetto,Antonio Lasalvia,Graham Thornicroft,J. van Weeghel +19 more
TL;DR: Effective interventions are needed to enhance work participation in people with Major Depressive Disorder, focusing simultaneously on decreasing stigma in the work environment and on decreasing self-discrimination by empowering workers with MDD.
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Guia prático de matriciamento em saúde mental
Dulce Helena Chiaverini,Daniel Almeida Gonçalves,Dinarte Ballester,Luís Fernando Tófoli,Luiz Fernando Chazan,Nali Almeida,Sandra Fortes +6 more
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Unmet needs in the management of schizophrenia
Francisco Torres-González,Inmaculada Ibanez-Casas,Sandra Saldivia,Dinarte Ballester,Pamela Grandón,Berta Moreno-Küstner,Miguel Xavier,Manuel Gómez-Beneyto +7 more
TL;DR: The final aim should be based on the collaborative model of care, which rests on the performance of a case manager responsible for monitoring patient progress, providing assertive follow-up, teaching self-help strategies, and facilitating communication among the patient, family doctor, mental health specialist, and other specialists.
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The general practitioner and mental health problems: challenges and strategies for medical education.
TL;DR: The general practitioners indicated that they perceived the mental health problems among their clientele, but the diagnosis and treatment of these problems are still seen as a task for specialists.