Academic training PhD in Medicine - Specialization in Psychiatry and Mental Health by the Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon Master in Medicine from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, 2003-2009 Psychiatry Internship at Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte - Hospital de Santa Maria, 2011-2017 Professional Career Psychiatrist at Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte - Hospital de Santa Maria, since 2018 Invited Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, since 2020 Invited Clinical Lecturer in Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, 2018-2020 Assistant Lecturer in Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, 2012-2018 Complementary training Interpersonal Psychotherapy: Advanced Level, 2015 Clinical Research Training Certificate Program (PTCSRT) from Harvard Medical School Portugal, 2017-2019 Clinical and Research Internship at the Neuropsychiatric Unit - Fremantle Hospital / University of Western Australia, 2014

Psychiatric Disorders; Neurosciences; Epilepsy

  Novais F, Pestana LC, Loureiro S, Andrea M, Figueira ML, Pimentel J. Psychiatric
disorders as predictors of epilepsy surgery outcome. Epilepsy & Behavior 2019;100:106513.
- Pestana PC, Novais F, Ismail F, Pombo S. Are Patients With Alcohol-Related Seizures a
Specific Subgroup? Prim Care Companion CNS Disord 2019;21.
- Novais F, Loureiro S, Andrea M, Figueira ML, Pimentel J, Câmara Pestana L. May the
right-side epileptogenic zone be a predictor of psychiatric comorbidity in people with
refractory epilepsy? Laterality Asymmetries Body Brain Cogn 2019:1–10.
- Novais F, Franco A, Loureiro S, Andrea M, Figueira ML, Pimentel J, et al. Personality
patterns of people with medically refractory epilepsy - Does the epileptogenic zone matter?
Epilepsy Behav EB 2019;97:130–4.
- Novais F, Pestana LC, Loureiro S, Andrea M, Figueira ML, Pimentel J. Clinical
determinants of psychopathological outcomes after epilepsy surgery. Epilepsy Behav
2019;97:111–7.Novais, F., Pestana, L.C., Loureiro, S., Andrea, M., Figueira, M.L., Pimentel, J., 2019.
Predicting de novo psychopathology after epilepsy surgery: A 3-year cohort study. Epilepsy
Behav. 90, 204–208.
- Andrade G, Côrte-Real B, Novais F, Mendes T, Couto F. The boundaries between persistent
delusional disorder associated with alcohol use and alcohol induced psychosis: a case report.
Accepted for publication.
- Novais F, Starkstein S. Phenomenology of Depression in Alzheimer´s Disease. Journal of
Alzheimer's Disease 2015 Aug 11; 47 (4): 845–855.
- Novais F, Araujo A, Godinho P. Historical Roots of Histrionic Personality Disorder.
Frontiers in Psychology 2015 Sep 6: 1463.
- Novais F, Vasconcelos JP, Telles D. Reacções adversas medicamentosas cutâneas
associadas aos psicofármacos: uma revisão da literatura. Psilogos. 2015 Jun 13 (1): 106-123.
- Novais F, Pombo S, Ismail F. Predictors of Multiple Substance Use in Alcohol Dependence:
The Role of Personality. J Addict Res Ther 2016; 7:258.Novais F, Ismail F, Pombo S. Subgroups of alcohol Dependence and multiple substance use:
How to combine Psychological and Biological research. Alcohol and Alcoholism 2015; 50
(Suppl. 1): i2Novais F, Paulino S. Melatonin and Anxiety: from animal models to clinical practice.
International Journal of Clinical Neurosciences and Mental Health 2015; 2(Suppl. 1): P70
- Novais F, Pestana LC Bereavement and depression: A review concerning the DSM-5.
International Journal of Clinical Neurosciences and Mental Health 2015; 2(Suppl. 1): P35
- Novais F, Prata R, Pestana LC. Personality and behaviour after Deep Brain Stimulation: Do
we know what happens next? International Journal of Clinical Neurosciences and Mental
Health 2015; 2(Suppl. 1): P71
- Novais F, Prata R, Pestana LC Can we predict de novo psychopathology after refractory
temporal epilepsy surgery? The role of predisposing and related factors. International Journal
of Clinical Neurosciences and Mental Health 2015; 2(Suppl. 1): P36