Scientific Highlights

1. Fernandes A., Gomes M., & Morgado P. (2025). The rise of normality in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: Causes and implications for diagnosis, practice, and validity. Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/abn0000983
2. Fernandes A., Ferreira S., Moreira P., Machado-Sousa M., Couto B., Raposo-Lima C., Costa P., Morgado P. & Picó-Pérez M. (2024) Stress, anxiety, and depression trajectories during the “first wave” of the COVID-19 pandemic: what drives resilient, adaptive and maladaptive responses in the Portuguese population? Front. Public Health 12:1333997. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1333997
3. Costa A. D., Raposo-Lima C., Couto B., Fernandes A., Machado-Sousa M., Moreira P. S., Ferreira S., Picó-Pérez M. & Morgado P. (2025) Washing obsessive-compulsive symptoms as adaptation—insights from a 3-year longitudinal cohort during the COVID-19 pandemic. Front. Psychol. 16:1542724. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1542724
4. Costa A. D., Fernandes A., Ferreira S., Couto B., Machado-Sousa M., Moreira P., Morgado P., & Picó-Pérez M. (2022). How Long Does Adaption Last for? An Update on the Psychological Impact of the Confinement in Portugal. International journal of environmental research and public health, 19(4), 2243. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19042243