Publications

Scientific Papers in Medical Journals

  • Sublette ME, Daray FM, Ganança L, Shaikh SR. The role of polyunsaturated fatty acids in the neurobiology of major depressive disorder and suicide risk. Mol Psychiatry. 2024 Feb;29(2):269-286. doi: 10.1038/s41380-023-02322-6. Epub 2023 Nov 22. PMID: 37993501. 

  • Sousa-Santos N, Fialho M, Madeira T, Clara C, Veiga S, Martins R, Barros N, Santos G, Santos O, Almeida C, Ganança L, Campos RC, Camolas J, da Silva AP, Guarino MPS, Heitor MJ. Nutritional counselling in adults promoting adherence to the Mediterranean diet as adjuvant in the treatment of major depressive disorder (INDEPT): a randomized open controlled trial study protocol. BMC Psychiatry. 2023 Apr 4;23(1):227. doi: 10.1186/s12888-023-04705-z. PMID: 37016319.

  • Andrade G, Saraiva R, Ganança L, Góis C, Novais F. Commentary to the Paper "Prevalence of the Most Frequent Neuropsychiatric Diagnoses in Hospitalized SARS-CoV-2 Patients Evaluated by Liaison Psychiatry: Cross-Sectional Study". Acta Med Port. 2022 Sep 1;35(9):696-697. doi: 10.20344/amp.18802. Epub 2022 Sep 1. PMID: 36301887.

  • Novais F, Ganança L, Barbosa M, Telles-Correia D. Communication skills in psychiatry for undergraduate students: A scoping review. Front Psychiatry. 2022 Aug 11;13:972703. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.972703. PMID: 36032255; PMCID: PMC9402997.

  • Câmara Pestana P, Ferreira C, Santos AL, Jerónimo J, Ganança L. Suicide Attempt in a Patient with Sibutramine Associated Psychosis. Acta Med Port. 2022 Mar 2;35(3):216-218. doi: 10.20344/amp.14304. Epub 2021 May 4. PMID: 33945464.

  • Ganança L, Galfalvy HC, Cisneros-Trujillo S, Basseda Z, Cooper TB, Ren X, Figueira ML, Oquendo MA, Mann JJ, Sublette ME. Relationships between inflammatory markers and suicide risk status in major depression. J Psychiatr Res. 2021 Feb;134:192-199. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2020.12.029. Epub 2020 Dec 17. PMID: 33388702.

  • Ganança L, Galfalvy HC, Oquendo MA, Hezghia A, Cooper TB, Mann JJ, Sublette ME. Lipid correlates of antidepressant response to omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation: A pilot study. Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids. 2017 Apr;119:38-44. doi: 10.1016/j.plefa.2017.03.004. Epub 2017 Mar 10. PMID: 28410668.

  • Ganança L, Oquendo MA, Tyrka AR, Cisneros-Trujillo S, Mann JJ, Sublette ME. The role of cytokines in the pathophysiology of suicidal behavior. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2016 Jan;63:296-310. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2015.10.008. Epub 2015 Oct 19. PMID: 26546783.

  • Fornaro M, Solmi M, Perna G, De Berardis D, Veronese N, Orsolini L, Ganança L, Stubbs B. Lisdexamfetamine in the treatment of moderate-to-severe binge eating disorder in adults: systematic review and exploratory meta-analysis of publicly available placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trials. Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat. 2016 Jul 25;12:1827-36. doi: 10.2147/NDT.S109637. PMID: 27524900. 

  • Fornaro M, Orsolini L, Marini S, De Berardis D, Perna G, Valchera A, Ganança L, Solmi M, Veronese N, Stubbs B. The prevalence and predictors of bipolar and borderline personality disorders comorbidity: Systematic review and meta-analysis. J Affect Disord. 2016 May;195:105-18. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2016.01.040. Epub 2016 Feb 5. PMID: 26881339. 

  • Fornaro M, Stubbs B, De Berardis D, Perna G, Valchera A, Veronese N, Solmi M, Ganança L. Atypical Antipsychotics in the Treatment of Acute Bipolar Depression with Mixed Features: A Systematic Review and Exploratory Meta-Analysis of Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trials. Int J Mol Sci. 2016 Feb 16;17(2):241. doi: 10.3390/ijms17020241. PMID: 26891297.

Ganança, L Oquendo MA. Clinician’s Guide to Bipolar Disorder: Integrating Pharmacology and Psychotherapy. David J. Miklowitz and Michael J. Gitlin (2014) NY: Guilford Publications, Inc. 324 pp. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 2015;203(8):655 (Book Review).

  • Ganança, L; Oquendo, MA. Relational Suicide Assessment: Risks, Resources, and Possibilities for Safety. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 2014; 202(2): 1 (Book Review).

Book Chapters

  • Costa, C; Ganança, L; Coelho, R; Telles-Correia, D; Capítulo IV - Classificações em Psiquiatria. Manual de Psicopatologia, 3ª Edição. Lidel - Edições Técnicas 2023, pp 145 - 182.

  • Câmara Pestana, L; Ganança L. Capítulo 7 - Ansiolíticos e Hipnóticos. Dependências Tóxicas e Comportamentais na Prática Clínica, 1ª Edição. Lidel - Edições Técnicas 2022, pp 135-152.

  • Ganança, L; Câmara Pestana L. Capítulo 37. Benzodiazepínicos e análogos. Psiquiatria Geriátrica. 1ª Edição, Editora Guanabara 2019

  • Ganança, L; Cazzulino, AS; Oquendo, MA. Chapter 149 - Mood Disorders. In Louis E, Mayer SA, Rowland LP. Merritt’s Neurology, 13th edition. Philadelphia, Wolters Kluwer Health, 2016, pp 1312-1318.

  • Ganança, L; Kahn, DA; Oquendo, MA.  Chapter 3 - Mood Disorders.  Psychiatry.  Third Edition. Ed: J Cutler. Oxford, UK.  Oxford Press, 2014, pp 46-96.