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Flavio Kapczinski

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Professor EmeritusPsychiatry & Behavioural NeurosciencesMcMaster University

Research

Research areas, by share of publications

Research areas are derived from OpenAlex topics of their publications.

From the 150 most recent of 972 publications.

01

Progression of Bipolar Disease to Frontal Dementias: A Systematic Review and Provisional Research Criteria

Ruiz-Garcia R, Coleman K, Pasternak S, Ducharme S, Onyike C, Huey E, Kapczinski F, Finger E

Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
02

Cognitive impairment in bipolar disorder: How close to dementia?

Toniolo J, Schons T, Borelli WV, Rosa PH, da Natividade DR, Rocha G, Laydner G, de Azevedo Cardoso T, Castilhos RM, Prates-Baldez D

Journal of Affective Disorders2026
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2026.122273
03

The association between boredom and mind-wandering weakens with increasing depressive symptom severity

Seiler JP-H, Müller-Dahlhaus F, Kapczinski F, Figueiredo T

BMC Psychology2026
DOI: 10.1186/s40359-026-05362-z
04

Digital Public Mental Health: a dataset for monitoring mental health in Brazil

Souto G, Pedroso M, de Souza Martins R, Salles R, Miloski M, Corrêa Bonifácio C, Pinheiro Alves AC, Souza Cardoso CL, Carvalho CC, Oliveira RAD

Scientific Data2026
DOI: 10.1038/s41597-026-07633-1
05

Prevalence of autism in African countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Ferreira IL, Mazalo JV, Prates-Baldez D, Kapczinski F, Quarantini LC

Trends in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy2026
DOI: 10.47626/2237-6089-2025-1251
06

Comparing the prevalence of mental health disorders among university students and non-students in the Brazilian National Health Survey

Corrêa da Mota J, da Cunha AP, Anzolin AP, Kapczinski F, Costa GLA, Sanguinetti Czepielewski L, Silva PLDN, Serafim PHM, Monteiro Raupp R, De Boni RB

Public Health2026
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2026.106408
07

Brazilian higher education system at the crossroads: the undergraduate student mental health crisis

Demenech LM, Schmidt B, Kapczinski F, Nery LEM, Machado MMT, de Boni RB, Brignol S, Lemos SM

The Lancet Regional Health. Americas2026
DOI: 10.1016/j.lana.2026.101617
08

Transcriptomic Insights into Bipolar Disorder: Identifying Mood-States Master Regulators and Key Biological Processes

Ziani PR, Bastiani MA, Hizo GH, Mezzomo G, Schons T, Rosa PH, Carvalho Q, Kapczinski F, Rosa AR

2026
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-10043534/v1
09

Alcohol Use Disorder in Bipolar Disorder: Meta-Analytic Evidence on Prevalence and Clinical Correlates

Zimmer C, Gnielka V, Reginatto A, Veloso G, Reis G, Baldez DP, Kessler F, Kapczinski F, Pinto JV, Passos I

Bipolar Disorders2026
10

Situation de l’usage de drogues psychoactives au Brésil

Diefenthaeler BM, Diefenthaeler SM, Nardi AE, Kapczinski F

Bulletin de l'Academie Nationale de Medecine2026Senior author
DOI: 10.1016/j.banm.2026.05.025

Courses taught

2

  • The Nervous System (Core)

    NEUROSCI 700B · last taught 2019

    Graduate

  • The Nervous System (Core)

    NEUROSCI 700A · last taught 2018

    Graduate

Research institutes and memberships

  • McMaster Institute for Health Equity

Frequent collaborators

33
Flavio KapczinskiBenicio FreyLuciano MinuzziFabiano Alves GomesZainab SamaanLehana ThabaneStephanie SangerChristopher RowleyGary Andrew ChaimowitzGuillaume PareNicholas BockDante Duarte
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Fabiano Alves Gomes

Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences

12 shared papers, latest 2022

Zainab Samaan

Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences

9 shared papers, latest 2023

Lehana Thabane

Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact

8 shared papers, latest 2023

Stephanie Sanger

McMaster University Libraries

6 shared papers, latest 2021

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