Lia Fernandes

PeerJ Editor & Author

Summary

Associate Professor - University of Porto (UP)
UP Researcher, in charge of the Mental Health unit for the Gerontology and Geriatrics PhD Program - Centro Hospitalar São João / Faculty of Medicine, UP
Teaching also General Practice, Nursing, Psychology and Social Education in several Universities
Medical Doctor, Senior Graduate Assistant of Psychiatry in CHSJ and Family Therapist

Portuguese Association of Gerontopsychiatry/APG (President 2010-13); International Psychogeriatric Association/IPA (Board of Directors 2011-14 and Expert Advisory Council since 2014); Dementia Cerebral Aging Group Study/GEECD (Board of Directors 2008-10); Portuguese Society for Geriatrics and Gerontology/SPGG (Scientific Board since 2012); Portuguese Society of Family Therapy/SPTF (National Board 1997-00 and 2000-03); International Family Therapy Association/IFTA (Board of Directors 2009-12 and 2012-15).

Geriatrics Mental Health Psychiatry & Psychology

Editorial Board Member

PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environmental Sciences

Work details

Associate Professor

Faculty of Medicine of University of Porto, Portugal

Department of Clinical Neurosciences and Mental Health/Faculty of Medicine/University of Porto

Researcher in Ageing, Dementia, BPSD (PortAge JNICT - PMCT/SAN/77/90; EUGERON - BMH11165; UNIFAI - PT 100 Centenarians; IPA President Forum), Delirium (FCT - SFRH/BD/63154/2009 and SFRH/BPD/103306/2014), Frailty and also in Psychosomatics (co-founder Portuguese Society of Psychosomatic/SPP 1995) with chronic respiratory diseases (project Harvard Medical School/FCT - HMSP-IDSIM/SIM/0018/2009) and in Bipolar Disorder (BRIDGE and BRIDGE-MIX Project), with the foundation of Association of Depressive and Bipolar Patients/ADEB (north division). Participation in Clinical Trials (Memantine; Abecarnil/Buspirone; Olanzapine/Haloperidol F1D-MC-HGHD; Agomelatine CL3-20098-070 and CLE-20098-068)

Websites

July 30, 2015

Frailty as a predictor of short-term adverse outcomes

Tiago Coelho, Constança Paúl, Robbert J.J. Gobbens, Lia Fernandes

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1121 PubMed 26246968

Academic Editor on

December 21, 2016

The effect of cognitive training on the subjective perception of well-being in older adults

Vladimír Bureš, Pavel Čech, Jaroslava Mikulecká, Daniela Ponce, Kamil Kuca

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2785 PubMed 28028465

July 30, 2015

Suffering and mental health among older people living in nursing homes—a mixed-methods study

Jorunn Drageset, Elin Dysvik, Birgitte Espehaug, Gerd Karin Natvig, Bodil Furnes

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1120 PubMed 26246967