Gabriel Okawa Belizario

Psychologist – CRP-SP 159.359

Institute of Psiquiatry

University of Sao Paulo Medical School

Tel: (11) 96339-1570

E-mail: gabrielokawabelizario@gmail.com

Education

1.     Ph.D candidate at the Institute of Psiquiatry (IPq) of the Hospital das Clínicas of the University of Sao Paulo Medical School (HC-FMUSP).

2.    Bachelors in Psychology from the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). Graduated in dec/2014. Diploma revalidated in Brazil.

3.    Associate´s Degree in Psychology and Behavioral Sciences from Allan Hancock College. Graduated in jun/2013.

Experiência

1.    Research Fellow at the Bipolar Disorder Program (PROMAN) at the Institute of Psiquiatry (IPq) of the Hospital das Clínicas of the University of Sao Paulo Medical School (HC-FMUSP). 2015-Atual.

2.    Research Feloow at the Laboratório Interdepartamental de Técnicas de Exame Psicológico (LITEP) of the Institute of Psychology of the University of Sao Paulo. 2015-Atual.

3.    Private practice. 2017-Atual.

4.    Chief-Psychologist at the Brazilian Motorcycle Championship Superbike Brasil. 2019-Atual

5.    Research Fellow at the Child and Adolescent Mood Disorders Program (CHAMP) of the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). 2018-2018

Published Works

Articles

1.    GO Belizario, AD Gigante, CC de Almeida Rocca, B Lafer. Cognitive Impairments and predominant polarity in bipolar disorder: a cross-sectional study. International Journal of Bipolar Disorders. 2017.

2.    GO Belizario, M Silva, B Lafer. Impact of predominant polarity o long-term outcome in bipolar disorder: A 7-year longitudinal cohort study. Journal of Affective Disorders. 2018.

3.    GO Belizario, RGB Junior, R Salvini, B Lafer, R da Silva Dias. Predominant polarity classification and associated clinical variables in bipolar disorder: A machine learning approach. Journal of Affective Disorders. 2019.

4.    GO Belizario, FA Freitas, R Salvini, B Lafer, RS Dias. A abordagem por meio do aprendizado de máquina em estudo do transtorno afetivo bipolar. Revista Debates em Psiquiatria. 2018.

5.    BC Gomes, CC Rocca, GO Belizario, B Lafer. Cognitive-behavioral rehabilitation vs. treatment as usual for bipolar patients: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2017

6.    LS Rotenberg, GH Beraldi, GO Belizario, B Lafer. Impaired social cognition in bipolar disorder: A meta-analysis of theory of mind in euthymic patients. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 2020   

7.    TC Khafif, GO Belizario, M Silva, BC Gomes, B Lafer. Quality of life and clinical outcomes in bipolar disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders. 2021

8.    BC Gomes, CC Rocca, GO Belizario, FBF Fernandes, I Valois, GC Olmo, RVP Fachin, LC Farhat, B Lafer. Cognitive behavioral rehabilitation for bipolar disorder patients: A randomized controlled trial. Bipolar Disorders. 2019.

9.    MM Assed, CCA Rocca, YM Garcia, TC Khafif, GO Belizario, E Toschi-Dias, AP Serafim. Memory training combined with #D visuospatial stimulus improves cognitive performance in the elderly: pilot study. Dementia e Neurpsychologia. 2020

10.   MRM Dreyer, MA Boarati, T Pantano, GO Belizario, S Scivoletto, CCA Rocca. Co-existence of motor coordination impairments in semi-hospitalized children and adolescents with psychiatric disorders. Journal of Psychiatric Disorders. 2017

11.    M Klein, MA Silva, GO Belizario, CCA Rocca, AP Serafim, MR Louzã. Longitudinal neuropsychological assessment in two elderly adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: case report. Frontiers in Psychology. 2019

12.   LS Ferreira, M Alhanat, G Chaves, HR Rosa, AAP Junior, GO Belizario. Self-injurious behavior in preadolescents and adolescents: self-image and depression. Paripex-Indian Journal of Research. 2019.

13.   HR Rosa, GO Belizario, ICB Alves, MLLC Valente. Koppitz´s emotional indicators and the human figure drawing. A comparison between and clinical and a school sample. Avances en Psicologia Latinoamericana. 2019

14.   MM Assed, TC Khafif, GO Belizario, R Fatorelli, CCA Rocca, AP Serafim. Facial emotional recognition in maltreated children: A systematic review. Journal of Child and Family Studies. 2019

15.   NM Marques, GO Belizario, CC de Almeida Rocca, F Saffi, DM Barros, AP Serafim. Psychological evaluation of children victims of sexual abuse: development of a protocol. Heliyon. 2020

16.   DL Romero, DM de Barros, GO Belizario, AP Serafim. Personality traits and risky behavior among motorcyclists: an exploratory study. PLOS One. 2019

17.   LSLP Cury, HR Rosa, G Chaves, GO Belizario. Traços de personalidade de adolescentes infratores e vitimizados por meio do Eysenck Personality Questionnaire Junior (EPQ-J). Mudanças-Psicologia da Saúde. 2019

18.   LN de Abreu, GO Belizario, B Lafer. Risk Factors for emergence of suicidal ideation in bipolar disorder: A 7-year prospective study. Bipolar Disorders ISBD Conference. 2019

19.   CJ Wosnes, CC Rocca, GO Belizario, B Lafer, PV Nunes. Cognitive profile of bipolar disorder patients: a 12-year prospective study. Bipolar Disorders ISBD Conference, 2019

20.  CC Rocca, B Gomes, GO Belizario, A Kleinman, L Abreu, S Caetano, B Lafer. Hostility expression I pediatric bipolar disorder, health offspring and controls. Bipolar Disorders ISBD Conference. 2019

21.   CV Abeche, TC Khafif, GO Belizario, TF da Silva, G Harkaly, PIC Gomide, AP Serafim. Personality traits and parenting styles in boys victims of sexual abuse: a pilot study. Archives of Clinical Psychiatry. 2021

Book chapters

1.    BC Gomes, GO Belizario. Intervenções Neuropsicológicas em Saúde Mental – Capítulo 25 – O uso da terapia cognitivo-comportamental nas intervenções neuropsicológicas dos transtornos do humor.

Presentations in conferences

1.     2016 - 46ª Reunião Anual da Sociedade Brasileira de Psicologia – Fortaleza, CE

a.    DESENHO DA FIGURA HUMANA: EXISTE INFLUÊNCIA DO NÍVEL SOCIOÊCONOMICO

2.    2016 - 4th International Congress of Educational Sciences and Development – Granada, Espanha

a.    O USO DO DESENHO DA FIGURA HUMANA NA AVALIAÇÃO PSICOLÓGICA INFANTIL

3.    2017 - 47ª Reunião Anual da Sociedade Brasileira de Psicologia – São Paulo, SP

a.    INFLUÊNCIAS DO NÍVEL SOCIOÊCONOMICO DO DESENHO DA FIGURA HUMANA: UM ESTUDO DE VALIDADE

4.    2017 - XXI Congresso Nacional de Psicodiagnóstico – Buenos Aires, Argentina

a.    INFLUÊNCIA DEL NIVEL SOCIOECONOMICO EM EL TEST DEL DIBUJO DE LA FIGURA HUMANA EM NIÑOS BRASILEÑOS

5.    2017 - 8º Congresso Paulista da Associação Brasileira de Neurologia e Psiquiatria Infantil e Profissões Afins – São Paulo, SP

a.    CO-EXISTÊNCIA DE DISTÚRBIOS DA COORDENAÇÃO MOTORA EM CRIANÇAS E ADOLESCENTES COM TRANSTORNOS PSIQUIÁTRICOS EM HOSPITAL-DIA INFANTIL

6.    2017 – IV Congresso Internacional e XXIV Brasileiro da Associação Brasileira de Neurologia e Psiquiatria Infantil e Profissões Afins – Rio de Janeiro, RJ

a.    CO-EXISTÊNCIA DE DISTÚRVIOS DA COORDENAÇÃO MOTORA EM CRIANÇAS E ADOLESCENTES COM TRANSTORNOS PSIQUIÁTRICOS EM HOSPITAL-DIA INFANTIL

7.    2017 - 19th Annual Conference of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders – Washington DC, USA

a.    COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENTS AND PREDOMINANT POLARITY IN BIPOLAR DISORDER: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY

8.    2018 - 20th Annual Conference of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders – Mexico City, Mexico

a.    IMPACT OF PREDOMINANT POLARITY ON OUTCOME IN BIPOLAR DISORDER: A 7-YEAR LONGITUDINAL STUDY 

b.    PREDOMINANT POLARITY DETERMINATION FROM A MACHINE LEARNING APPROACH 

9.    2019 – 21st Annual Conference of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders – Sidney, Australia.

a.    PREDOMINANT POLARITY AS A POTENTIAL MODERATOR OF COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL THERAPY RESPONSE

b.    COGNITIVE PROFILE OF BIPOLAR DISORDER PATIENTS: A 12-YEAR PROSPECTIVE STUDY

c.     RISK FACTORS FOR EMERGENCE OF SUICIDE IDEATION IN BIPOLAR DISORDER: A 7-YEAR PROSPECTIVE STUDY   

10.   2019 – 8th International Congress of European Society Child and Adolescence Psychiatry. Viena, Austria

a.    PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL MANISFESTATIONS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST BRAZILIAN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS.

11.    2019 - 16a Jornada APOIAR: Adolescência e Sofrimento na Atualidade – São Paulo, SP

12.   2019 – 9o Congresso Brasileiro de Avaliação Psicológica – Salvador, BA

a.    A CONDUTA DE AUTOLESÃO EM ADOLESCENTES: DADOS DA INVESTIGAÇÃO COM O TESTE DE DESENHOS DA CASA-ÁRVORE-PESSOA (HTP)

13.   2019 – 7th International Congress of Educational Sciences and Development – Granada, Espanha

a.    ESTUDOS DE VALIDADE NO TESTE DO DESENHO DA FIGURA HUMANA: DIFERENÇAS POR IDADE

14.   2019 – Congresso de Pesquisa, Ensino e Extensão (Conpeex), Universidade Federal de Goiás – Goiânia, GO

a.    ANÁLISE DA POLARIDADE PREDOMINANTE E TRANSTORNO AFETIVO BIPOLAR – UMA ABORDAGEM DE APRENDIZADO DE MÁQUINA

15.   2019 – II Congresso de Prevenção ao Suicídio – São Paulo, SP

16.   2019 – Buenos Aires, Argentina

a.    LA FORMA DE LIDIAR COM LA REALIDAD EM NIÑOS VÍCTIMAS DE VIOLENCIA: ASPECTOS ADAPTATIVOS Y EXPRESSIVOS DEL HTP

17.   2019 – XV Congresso Internacional Gallego-Portugués de Psicopedagogía – Corunã, Espanha

a.    THE HUMAN-FIGURE DRAWING AS A DEVELOPMENTAL AND AFFECTIVE INDICATOR OF CHILDREN WITH SCHOOL DIFFICULTIES.   

18.  2019 – 9th Congress on Brain, Behavior and Emotions – Brasília, DF

a.    PREDOMINANT POLARITY AS A POTENTIAL MODERATOR OF COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL THERAPY RESPONSE

19.  2019 – Reunião Anual da Sociedade Brasileira de Psicologia – João Pessoa, PB

a.    CRIANÇAS COM DIFICULDADES ESCOLARES: ESTUDOS COM O TESTE DO DESENHO DA FIGURA HUMANA COMO INDICADOR DESENVOLVIMENTAL E AFETIVO

20.  2020 – 22nd Annual Conference of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders – Virtual

           a. IMPAIRED SOCIAL COGNITION IN BIPOLAR DISORDER: A META-ANALYSIS ON THEORY OF MIND IN EUTHYMIC PATIENTS

           b. WHOQOL-BREF SCORES ASSOCIATED WITH CLINICAL OUTCOME IN BIPOLAR DISORDER: A LONGITUDINAL STUDY

c. STRUCTURED PHYSICAL EXERCISE IN BIPOLAR DISORDER: A PILOT STUDY

21.  2021 - XIII Congresso Brasileiro de Terapias Cognitivas - Porto Alegre (Online)

a. IMPACTO DO EXERCÍCIO FÍSICO NA COGNIÇÃO EM PACIENTES EUTÍMICOS DIAGNOSTICADOS COM TRANSTORNO AFETIVO BIPOLAR (TAB) - UM ESTDO CEGO, CONTROLADO E RANDOMIZADO - Mesa redonda

22. 2023 – 23rd Annual Conference of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders – Chicago, USA.

a. THE IMPACT OF STRUCTURED PHYSICAL EXERCISE ON COGNITIVE FUNCTION OF BIPOLAR PATIENTS: A STUDY PROTOCOL FOR A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL

b. THE IMPACT OF CANNABIS USE ON THE COURSE OF BIPOLAR DISORDER: A 8-YEAR L  ONGITUDINAL STUDY

c. FAMILY HISTORY OF SUICIDE ATTEMPTS AS A RISK FACTOR FOR SUICIDE ATTEMPTS IN PATIENTS WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER

Courses

1.     2013 – Underserved Medicine – University of California, Santa Barbara – Santa Barbara, USA

2.    2015 – Neuropsicologia – Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein – São Paulo, SP

3.    2015 – Psicologia Hospitalar (Intensivo) – Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein – São Paulo, SP

4.    2016 - Atualização em Psicofarmacologia – Instituto de Psiquiatria do HC FM-USP – São Paulo, SP

5.    2018 - Familly-Focused Therapy – Child and Adolescents Mood Program (CHAMP) at Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior – University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) – Los Angeles, USA

6.    2021 - Psicologia do Esporte - Pontifícia Universidade Católica - PUC-SP - São Paulo, SP

Languages

1.     Portuguese - Fluent/Native

2.    English - Fluent