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Dr Marisa Casanova Dias
MRC Clinical Research Training Fellow, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences
- CasanovaDiasM@cardiff.ac.uk
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Overview
Dr Marisa Casanova Dias is a clinical academic psychiatrist at Cardiff University. She was awarded an MRC (Medical Research Council) Clinical Research Training Fellowship to pursue a PhD to study bipolar disorder in the perinatal period, which she combines with being an honorary consultant.
Marisa was seconded to the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology where she worked on a policy briefing on the Mental health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. She has worked at King’s College London, researching women’s mental health and contributing to the Policy Research Unit work. Marisa trained at the Maudsley and University College London schemes and holds an MSc in Psychiatric Research from University College London. During her training, she was awarded a year-long leadership fellowship at the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), where she contributed to the Bipolar Guideline.
She is president of the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS) Section of Psychiatry, secretary of the European Psychiatric Association’s (EPA) Section on Women’s Mental Health and member of the EPA's Publication Committee. She is a member of the executive committee of the Faculty of Perinatal Psychiatry and the International Advisory Committee of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. She is a past president of the European Federation of Psychiatric Trainees (EFPT) and set up the EFPT Exchange Programme.
Publication
2023
- Casanova Dias, M. et al. 2023. Borderline personality traits are differently associated with postpartum psychosis and postpartum depression episodes in women with bipolar disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders 328, pp. 81-86. (10.1016/j.jad.2023.01.124)
2022
- Vai, B. et al. 2022. Joint European policy on the COVID-19 risks for people with mental disorders: An umbrella review and evidence- and consensus-based recommendations for mental and public health. European Psychiatry 65(1), article number: e47. (10.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.2307)
- Casanova Dias, M., Sönmez Güngör, E., Dolman, C., De Picker, L. and Jones, I. 2022. 20 years on: The legacy of Daksha Emson for perinatal psychiatry. Archives of Women's Mental Health 25, pp. 507-510. (10.1007/s00737-021-01146-z)
- Casanova Dias, M. et al. 2022. Psychiatric training in perinatal mental health across Europe. Archives of Women's Mental Health 25(2), pp. 501–506. (10.1007/s00737-022-01216-w)
2021
- Vai, B. et al. 2021. Mental disorders and risk of COVID-19-related mortality, hospitalisation, and intensive care unit admission: a systematic review and meta-analysis. The Lancet Psychiatry 8(9), pp. 797-812. (10.1016/S2215-0366(21)00232-7)
- Baessler, F. et al. 2021. Psychiatry training in 42 European countries: a comparative analysis. European Neuropsychopharmacology 46, pp. 68-82. (10.1016/j.euroneuro.2021.02.003)
- De Picker, L. J. et al. 2021. Severe mental illness and European COVID-19 vaccination strategies. The Lancet Psychiatry 8(5), pp. 356-359. (10.1016/S2215-0366(21)00046-8)
- Orsolini, L. et al. 2021. Psychiatry trainees' attitudes, knowledge, and training in addiction psychiatry - a European survey. Frontiers in Psychiatry 11, article number: 585607. (10.3389/fpsyt.2020.585607)
2020
- Gordon-Smith, K. et al. 2020. Symptom profile of postpartum and non-postpartum manic episodes in bipolar I disorder: a within-subjects study. Psychiatry Research 284, article number: 112748. (10.1016/j.psychres.2020.112748)
2019
- Sheridan Rains, L. et al. 2019. Variations in patterns of involuntary hospitalisation and in legal frameworks: an international comparative study. Lancet Psychiatry 6(5), pp. 403-417. (10.1016/S2215-0366(19)30090-2)
2017
- Casanova Dias, M. et al. 2017. Equipping doctors for global health challenges. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 110(1), pp. 5-8. (10.1177/0141076816686349)
2016
- Casanova Dias, M., Giacco, D. and Hanon, C. 2016. Early career psychiatrists? preferences on e-learning: viewpoint from the EPA committee on education. European Psychiatry 42, pp. 86-88. (10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.12.003)
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- Casanova Dias, M. et al. 2023. Borderline personality traits are differently associated with postpartum psychosis and postpartum depression episodes in women with bipolar disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders 328, pp. 81-86. (10.1016/j.jad.2023.01.124)
- Vai, B. et al. 2022. Joint European policy on the COVID-19 risks for people with mental disorders: An umbrella review and evidence- and consensus-based recommendations for mental and public health. European Psychiatry 65(1), article number: e47. (10.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.2307)
- Casanova Dias, M., Sönmez Güngör, E., Dolman, C., De Picker, L. and Jones, I. 2022. 20 years on: The legacy of Daksha Emson for perinatal psychiatry. Archives of Women's Mental Health 25, pp. 507-510. (10.1007/s00737-021-01146-z)
- Casanova Dias, M. et al. 2022. Psychiatric training in perinatal mental health across Europe. Archives of Women's Mental Health 25(2), pp. 501–506. (10.1007/s00737-022-01216-w)
- Vai, B. et al. 2021. Mental disorders and risk of COVID-19-related mortality, hospitalisation, and intensive care unit admission: a systematic review and meta-analysis. The Lancet Psychiatry 8(9), pp. 797-812. (10.1016/S2215-0366(21)00232-7)
- Baessler, F. et al. 2021. Psychiatry training in 42 European countries: a comparative analysis. European Neuropsychopharmacology 46, pp. 68-82. (10.1016/j.euroneuro.2021.02.003)
- De Picker, L. J. et al. 2021. Severe mental illness and European COVID-19 vaccination strategies. The Lancet Psychiatry 8(5), pp. 356-359. (10.1016/S2215-0366(21)00046-8)
- Orsolini, L. et al. 2021. Psychiatry trainees' attitudes, knowledge, and training in addiction psychiatry - a European survey. Frontiers in Psychiatry 11, article number: 585607. (10.3389/fpsyt.2020.585607)
- Gordon-Smith, K. et al. 2020. Symptom profile of postpartum and non-postpartum manic episodes in bipolar I disorder: a within-subjects study. Psychiatry Research 284, article number: 112748. (10.1016/j.psychres.2020.112748)
- Sheridan Rains, L. et al. 2019. Variations in patterns of involuntary hospitalisation and in legal frameworks: an international comparative study. Lancet Psychiatry 6(5), pp. 403-417. (10.1016/S2215-0366(19)30090-2)
- Casanova Dias, M. et al. 2017. Equipping doctors for global health challenges. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 110(1), pp. 5-8. (10.1177/0141076816686349)
- Casanova Dias, M., Giacco, D. and Hanon, C. 2016. Early career psychiatrists? preferences on e-learning: viewpoint from the EPA committee on education. European Psychiatry 42, pp. 86-88. (10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.12.003)