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Cristiano Chaves

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Assistant ProfessorPsychiatry & Behavioural NeurosciencesMcMaster University

Research

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32 publications.

01

Medically supervised ketogenic diet as an adjunctive treatment for moderate to severe depression: A pilot study

Brietzke E, Fabe J, Bambokian A, Breda V, Chaves C, Shelp J, Terpstra A, Koning E, Groll D, Milev R

Journal of Affective Disorders20263 citations
02

Ketogenic therapy for schizophrenia: evidence, mechanisms, and clinical perspectives

Chaves C, Fabe J, Gomes FA, McNeely H, Tusconi M, Carta MG, Dursun SM, Hallak JEC, Brietzke E

Frontiers in Pharmacology20259 citationsFirst author
03

Perspectives on the ketogenic diet as a non-pharmacological intervention for major depressive disorder

Shelp J, Chaves C, Terpstra A, Koning E, Gomes FA, Fabe J, Breda V, Laurent N, Palmer C, Brietzke E

Trends in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy20255 citations
04

Clinical Effect of a Ketogenic Diet in Perimenopausal Symptoms in Women With MDD: A Subgroup Analysis of an Open-Label Pilot Trial

Gomes FA, Chaves C, Breda V, Soares C, Fabe J, Brietzke E

Bipolar Disorders2025
05

Which Psychotherapy Model Should be Used in Psilocybin Treatment for Depression?

Koning E, Bacchi P, Chaves C, Gomes FA, Brietzke E

Trends in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy2025
06

Exploring the neurobiological correlates of psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy in eating disorders: a review of potential methodologies and implications for the psychedelic study design

Koning E, Chaves C, Kirkpatrick RH, Brietzke E

Journal of Eating Disorders2024
07

Why N, N-dimethyltryptamine matters: unique features and therapeutic potential beyond classical psychedelics

Chaves C, Dos Santos RG, Dursun SM, Tusconi M, Carta MG, Brietzke E, Hallak JEC

Frontiers in Psychiatry2024First author
08

Neuroinflammation and schizophrenia – is there a link?

Chaves C, Dursun SM, Tusconi M, Hallak JEC

Frontiers in Psychiatry202443 citationsFirst author
09

Effects of minocycline add-on treatment on brain morphometry and cerebral perfusion in recent-onset schizophrenia

Chaves C, Marque CR, Maia-de-Oliveira JP, Wichert-Ana L, Ferrari TB, Santos AC, Araújo D, Machado-de-Sousa JP, Bressan RA, Elkis H

Schizophrenia Research201539 citationsFirst author
10

Effects of nitric oxide-related compounds in the acute ketamine animal model of schizophrenia

Kandratavicius L, Balista PA, Wolf DC, Abrao J, Evora PR, Rodrigues AJ, Chaves C, Maia-de-Oliveira JP, Leite JP, Dursun SM

BMC Neuroscience201538 citations
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