Pedro Morgado (MD, PhD) is Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the School of Medicine and Principal Investigator at ICVS Research Institute, University of Minho, in Braga, Portugal. He serves as the Regional Coordinator for Mental Health in the North Region of Portugal. At the ICVS, he leads the Stress and Compulsivity Research Group (Stress.Comp) and heads the Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders Unit at Hospital de Braga. His research focuses on obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders, stress and anxiety, addictive behaviors, and schizophrenia. He is also interested in clinical communication and the doctor-patient relationship.
Since 2016, he has been a member of the Board of Portuguese Communication in Health Society. He served as Vice-President of the School of Medicine, University of Minho from 2017 to 2022 and was a member of the Board of the Psychiatry College of the Portuguese Medical Council from 2021to 2023. In 2021, he received the FLAD Science Award Mental Health.His research is focused on obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders, addictive behaviors, anxiety disorders, and schizophrenia. He is also interested in clinical communication and the doctor-patient relationship. He has published >100 papers, book chapters, and books and serves on the editorial board of numerous peer-reviewed international journals.
He has been a member of the Board of the Psychiatry College of the Portuguese Medical Council since 2021 and the Board of Portuguese Communication in Health Society since 2016. He served as Vice-President of the School of Medicine, University of Minho between 2017-2022. In 2021, he won the FLAD Science Award for Mental Health.
Pedro Morgado (MD, PhD) is Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the School of Medicine and Principal Investigator at ICVS Research Institute, University of Minho, in Braga, Portugal. He serves as the Regional Coordinator for Mental Health in the North Region of Portugal. At the ICVS, he leads the Stress and Compulsivity Research Group (Stress.Comp) and heads the Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders Unit at Hospital de Braga. His research focuses on obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders, stress and anxiety, addictive behaviors, and schizophrenia. He is also interested in clinical communication and the doctor-patient relationship.
Since 2016, he has been a member of the Board of Portuguese Communication in Health Society. He served as Vice-President of the School of Medicine, University of Minho from 2017 to 2022 and was a member of the Board of the Psychiatry College of the Portuguese Medical Council from 2021to 2023. In 2021, he received the FLAD Science Award Mental Health.His research is focused on obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders, addictive behaviors, anxiety disorders, and schizophrenia. He is also interested in clinical communication and the doctor-patient relationship. He has published >100 papers, book chapters, and books and serves on the editorial board of numerous peer-reviewed international journals.
He has been a member of the Board of the Psychiatry College of the Portuguese Medical Council since 2021 and the Board of Portuguese Communication in Health Society since 2016. He served as Vice-President of the School of Medicine, University of Minho between 2017-2022. In 2021, he won the FLAD Science Award for Mental Health.
1. Moreira PS, Macoveanu J, Marques P, et al. Altered response to risky decisions and reward in patients with obsessive–compulsive disorder. J Psychiatry Neurosci 2019; 44: 180226–180226.
2. Patel Y, Parker N, Shin J, et al. Virtual Histology of Cortical Thickness and Shared Neurobiology in 6 Psychiatric Disorders. JAMA Psychiatry 2021; 78: 47–63.
3. Picó-Pérez M, Moreira PS, de Melo Ferreira V, et al. Modality-specific overlaps in brain structure and function in obsessive-compulsive disorder: Multimodal meta-analysis of case-control MRI studies. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews 2020; 112: 83–94.
4. Vilaverde D, Morgado P. Scratching the surface of a neglected threat: huge growth of Instant Lottery in Portugal. The Lancet Psychiatry 2020; 7: e13.
5. Morgado P, Marques F, Ribeiro B, et al. Stress induced risk-aversion is reverted by D2/D3 agonist in the rat. Eur Neuropsychopharmacol 2015; 25: 1744–52.
6. Picó-Pérez M, Vieira R, Fernández-Rodríguez M, Barros MAPD, Radua J, Morgado P. Multimodal meta-analysis of structural gray matter, neurocognitive and social cognitive fMRI findings in schizophrenia patients. Psychological Medicine 2022; 52: 614–24.
7. Dias-Ferreira E, Sousa JC, Melo I, et al. Chronic stress causes frontostriatal reorganization and affects decision-making. Science 2009; 325: 621–5.
8. Morgado P, Sousa N, Cerqueira JJ. The impact of stress in decision making in the context of uncertainty. J Neurosci Res 2015; 93: 839–47.
9. De la Peña-Arteaga, V., Chavarría-Elizondo, Morgado, P. et al. (2024). Trait anxiety is associated with attentional brain networks. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 83, 19–26.
10. De la Peña-Arteaga, V., Morgado, P., Couto, B., Ferreira, S., Castro, I., Sousa, N., Picó-Pérez, M. (2022). A functional magnetic resonance imaging study of frontal networks in obsessive-compulsive disorder during cognitive reappraisal. European Psychiatry: The Journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists, 65(1), e62
11. Fernandes, A., Ferreira, S., Moreira, P., Machado-Sousa, M., Couto, B., Raposo-Lima, C., … 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? Frontiers in Public Health, 12.
12. Incalzi, R. A., Kasper, S., & Morgado, P. (2024). Management of Depression. JAMA, 332(19), 1673–1674. doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.18399
13. Machado-Sousa, M., Bertolín, S., Picó-Pérez, M., Costa, A. D., Vieira, R., Alonso, P., … Soriano-Mas, C. (2025). Neurobiological correlates of CBT response in OCD through the analysis of resting state networks. International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology : IJCHP, 25(2), 100585.
14. Machado-Sousa, M., Moreira, P. S., Costa, A. D., Soriano-Mas, C., & Morgado, P. (2023). Efficacy of internet-based cognitive-behavioral therapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 30(2), 150–162.
15. Sousa, M. M., Costa, A. D., Almeida, C., Soriano-Mas, C., Silva Moreira, P., & Morgado, P. (2024). Symptom provocation in obsessive-compulsive disorder: Validation of the Braga Obsessive Compulsive image set (BOCIS). Journal of Psychiatric Research, 175, 144–152.
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a chronic, debilitating disease that affects 2-3% of individuals worldwide. This psychiatric disorder is characterized by the presence of obsessions – intrusive and repetitive thoughts, images or impulses…
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) has been defined as a disorder of decision-making. We aim to characterize the behavior of patients with OCD when they have to make decisions and characterize the neurobiological mechanisms …
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a common, chronic, and long-lasting disorder in which a person has uncontrollable, reoccurring thoughts (obsessions) and/or behaviors (compulsions) that he or she feels the urge to repeat over and over…
Patients with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) often experience aversive emotions in response to obsessions, which motivate them to engage in compulsive …
This project aims to understand in which way the COVID-19 pandemic influences mental health in the general Portuguese adult population. This information enabled the development of a digital platform for adequate mental health care…
Obsessive compulsive-disorder (OCD) is a chronic psychiatric illness associated with significant morbidity and dysfunction. The therapeutic response to conventional treatments (pharmacotherapy and cognitive-behavioral therapy)…
Motivational contingencies may improve or worsen our executive functioning. The effects of reward on behavior have been widely studied and may be involved in the physiopathology of …
The exclusion of females from research studies was a critical issue that harmed their health and the advance of science and medicine. In order to correct this situation, funding agencies started requesting the inclusion of women…
This project aims to study the impact of Compassion-Focused Therapy on the rehabilitation of patients with schizophrenia and evaluate the influence of this therapy on the emotional regulation process from the perspective of functional imaging.
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Life and Health Sciences
Research Institute (ICVS)
School of Medicine,
University of Minho,
Campus de Gualtar
4710-057 Braga
Portugal
Copyright ©2022 ICVS. All Rights Reserved
Life and Health Sciences
Research Institute (ICVS)
School of Medicine,
University of Minho,
Campus de Gualtar
4710-057 Braga
Portugal
