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I'm a public health researcher with a background in Medical Anthropology (University of Coimbra) and a PhD in Global Public Health (Nova University of Lisbon and University of Porto). My main interest areas include psychiatric epidemiology, social determinants of health, health policy and qualitative research.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ana Filipa Coelho Antunes

Citation names

  • Antunes, Ana

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
5515-082F-2495
ORCID iD
0000-0002-1280-6672

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Public and Environmental Health
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Health Policy and Services
  • Social Sciences - Sociology - Anthropology
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Epidemiology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2014/10/01 - 2019/04/17
Concluded
 PhD Program in Global Public Health (Doutoramento)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, Portugal
"Mental health, disability, and social inequalities: Quantitative and qualitative approaches before and after the economic recession in Portugal" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Approved with Distinction
2013
Concluded
 MSc Medical Anthropology (Mestrado)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"The tyranny of the perfect body: body perception among the students of the University of Coimbra, an interdisciplinary approach" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18
2010
Concluded
 BSc Anthropology (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"-" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019 - Current Researcher (Research) Comprehensive Health Research Centre, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2019 - 2020 Researcher (Research) Lisbon Institute of Global Mental Health, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2014/10/01 - 2019/04/17 PhD Student iNOVA4Health, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
(...)
2013/10/01 - 2014/02/01 Intern Division of Noncommunicable Diseases and Life-course World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, Denmark
2011 - 2013 Collaborator Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação em Antropologia e Saúde, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2014 - 2018 PhD Program in Global Public Health
PD/BD/105822/2014
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Outputs

Publications

Journal article
  1. Manuela Silva; Ana Antunes; Sofia Azeredo-Lopes; Adriana Loureiro; Benedetto Saraceno; José Miguel Caldas-de-Almeida; Graça Cardoso. "Factors associated with involuntary psychiatric hospitalization in Portugal". International Journal of Mental Health Systems (2021):
    10.1186/s13033-021-00460-4
  2. Antunes, Ana. "Factors associated with length of stay and readmission in acute psychiatric inpatient services in Portugal.". Psychiatry Research (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113420.
    10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113420
  3. Antunes, Ana. "How did the use of psychotropic drugs change during the Great Recession in Portugal? A follow-up to the National Mental Health Survey". BMC Psychiatry (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12888-020-02620-1.
    10.1186/s12888-020-02620-1
  4. Antunes, Ana. "Conducting Qualitative Research in Primary Health Care Settings: Researchers’ Insights on Barriers and Facilitators". SAGE Research Methods Medicine & Health (2020): https://methods.sagepub.com/case/qualitative-research-primary-health-care-settings-barriers-facilitators.
    Published
  5. Manuela Silva; Ana Antunes; Sofia Azeredo-Lopes; Graça Cardoso; Miguel Xavier; Benedetto Saraceno; José Miguel Caldas-de-Almeida. "Barriers to mental health services utilisation in Portugal – results from the National Mental Health Survey". Journal of Mental Health (2020): https://doi.org/10.1080/09638237.2020.1739249.
    10.1080/09638237.2020.1739249
  6. Antunes, Ana. "Solutions to tackle the mental health consequences of the economic recession: A qualitative study integrating primary health care users and professionals’ perspectives". Health Policy (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2019.10.003.
    10.1016/j.healthpol.2019.10.003
  7. Antunes, Ana. "Trauma exposure and PTSD in Portugal: Findings from the World Mental Health Survey Initiative". Psychiatry Research (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2019.112644.
    10.1016/j.psychres.2019.112644
  8. David Silvério Rodrigues; Paulo Faria Sousa; Nuno Basílio; Ana Antunes; Maria da Luz Antunes; Maria Isabel Santos; Bruno Heleno. "Primary care physicians’ decision-making processes in the context of multimorbidity: protocol of a systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative research". BMJ Open (2019): https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023832.
    10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023832
  9. Ana Antunes; Diana Frasquilho; Joana Rocha Zózimo; Manuela Silva; Graça Cardoso; João Ferrão; José Miguel Caldas-de-Almeida. "Exploring socioeconomic and mental health trajectories during times of economic recession: a qualitative study with primary health care users and professionals". Journal of Mental Health (2019): https://doi.org/10.1080/09638237.2019.1581343.
    10.1080/09638237.2019.1581343
  10. Ana Antunes; Diana Frasquilho; Sofia Azeredo-Lopes; Manuela Silva; Graça Cardoso; José Miguel Caldas-de-Almeida. "The effect of socioeconomic position in the experience of disability among people with mental disorders: findings from the World Mental Health Survey Initiative Portugal". International Journal for Equity in Health (2018): https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-018-0821-1.
    10.1186/s12939-018-0821-1
  11. M. Silva; D. M. Resurrección; A. Antunes; D. Frasquilho; G. Cardoso. "Impact of economic crises on mental health care: a systematic review". Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences (2018): 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1017%2Fs2045796018000641.
    10.1017/s2045796018000641
  12. A. Antunes; D. Frasquilho; S. Azeredo-Lopes; M. Silva; G. Cardoso; J. M. Caldas-de-Almeida. "Changes in socioeconomic position among individuals with mental disorders during the economic recession in Portugal: a follow-up of the National Mental Health Survey". Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences (2018): https://doi.org/10.1017/S2045796018000392.
    10.1017/S2045796018000392
  13. Ana Antunes; Diana Frasquilho; Sofia Azeredo-Lopes; Daniel Neto; Manuela Silva; Graça Cardoso; José Miguel Caldas-de-Almeida. "Disability and common mental disorders: Results from the World Mental Health Survey Initiative Portugal". European Psychiatry 49 (2018): 56-61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2017.12.004.
    10.1016/j.eurpsy.2017.12.004
  14. Ana Antunes; Diana Frasquilho; Graça Cardoso; Nádia Pereira; Manuela Silva; José Miguel Caldas-de-Almeida; João Ferrão. "Perceived effects of the economic recession on population mental health, well-being and provision of care by primary care users and professionals: a qualitative study protocol in Portugal". BMJ Open 7 9 (2017): e017032-e017032. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017032.
    10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017032
Activities

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2018/06/06 - 2018/06/08 European Network for Mental Health Service Evaluation (ENMESH) International Conference “Managing mental health system complexity” (2018/06/06 - 2018/06/08)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 European Network for Mental Health Service Evaluation (ENMESH) , United Kingdom

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2019/08/21 - 2019/08/21 19th World Psychiatric Association World Congress of Psychiatry
Congress
2019/01/24 - 2019/01/24 The Lancet Commission on Global Mental Health and Sustainable Development: Launching for Portuguese Speaking Countries
Symposium
Lisbon Institute of Global Mental Health, Portugal
2017/11/20 - 2017/11/21 WHO project on adults with mental disabilities living in institutions in the European Region - Intercountry meeting
Meeting
World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, Denmark

Lisbon Institute of Global Mental Health, Portugal
2017/09/26 - 2017/09/29 14th International Conference on Urban Health
Congress
2017/07/12 - 2017/07/15 WHO World Mental Health Survey Initiative Annual Collaborators’ Meeting
Workshop
Harvard Medical School, United States
2017/06/07 - 2017/06/09 2nd EU Compass Forum on Mental Health and Well-being
Workshop
 Mental Health at Work and in Schools and Prevention of Suicide
European Commission, Belgium
2017/04/01 - 2017/04/04 25th European Congress of Psychiatry
Congress
2016/10/06 - 2016/10/08 1st EU Compass Forum on Mental Health and Well-being Preventing depression and improving access to mental health care
European Commission, Belgium
2016/01/21 - 2016/01/22 Joint Action on Mental Health and Wellbeing Final Conference Joint Action on Mental Health and Wellbeing: European Framework for Action on Mental Health and Wellbeing
European Commission, Belgium

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2020 - 2020 Invited expert and rapporteur of proposals for Fundamental and Applied Research Projects (Public Health topics) for the Latvian Council of Science of the Republic of Latvia.
Evaluator
 Latvijas Zinatnes Padome, Latvia Latvijas Zinatnes Padome
Distinctions

Award

2020 Pulido Valente Science Award 2019
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal

Fundação Pulido Valente, Portugal
2010 D. Ana Caetano Award
Fundação Salvador Caetano, Portugal
2009 3% Top Students
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2008 3% Top Students
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2007 3% Top Students
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal