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Jair de Jesus Mari
Researcher at Federal University of São Paulo
Publications - 43
Citations - 5444
Jair de Jesus Mari is an academic researcher from Federal University of São Paulo. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mental health & Population. The author has an hindex of 29, co-authored 43 publications receiving 4998 citations. Previous affiliations of Jair de Jesus Mari include University of London & King's College London.
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A validity study of a psychiatric screening questionnaire (SRQ-20) in primary care in the city of Sao Paulo.
Jair de Jesus Mari,Paul Williams +1 more
TL;DR: The SRQ-20 was shown to be a feasible screening instrument for psycho-emotional disturbance in primary care clinics in Sao Paulo and a correlation was found between questionnaire total scores and independent clinical judgment.
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Family intervention for schizophrenia
TL;DR: Family intervention may reduce the number of relapse events and hospitalisations and would therefore be of interest to people with schizophrenia, clinicians and policy makers.
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Mental health systems in countries: where are we now?
K. S. Jacob,Pratap Sharan,I. Mirza,Marco Garrido-Cumbrera,Soraya Seedat,Jair de Jesus Mari,Vishnubhatla Sreenivas,Shekhar Saxena +7 more
TL;DR: Mental health resources in countries seem to be related as much to measures of general health as to economic and developmental indicators, arguing for improved prioritisation for mental health even in low-resource settings.
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A comparison of the validity of two psychiatric screening questionnaires (GHQ-12 and SRQ-20) in Brazil, using Relative Operating Characteristic (ROC) analysis.
Jair de Jesus Mari,Paul Williams +1 more
TL;DR: Both psychiatric screening instruments were found to be acceptably valid when assessed against the Clinical Interview Schedule in three primary care settings in Brazil.