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ReviewLancet regional health. Americas2026

Towards a Latin American neuropsychiatry: challenges and opportunities.

Jesús Ramírez Bermúdez, Sheila Castro-Suarez, Luciana D'Alessio, Jorge Holguín Lew, Louise Makarem Oliveira, Mônica Sanches Yassuda, Hernando Santamaría-García, Andrea Slachevsky, William Tamayo Agudelo, Julio Torales and 2 more

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Review in Lancet regional health. Americas, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Jesús Ramírez BermúdezNational Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery, México City, Mexico.
Sheila Castro-SuarezCentro Básico de Investigación en Demencia y Enfermedades Desmielinizantes del Sistema Nervioso, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Neurológica, Lima, Perú.
Luciana D'AlessioUniversity of Buenos Aires, Institute of Cellular Biology and Neurosciences (CONICET), Faculty of Medicine, Argentina.
Jorge Holguín LewDepartment of Psychiatry, University CES, Medellín, Colombia.
Louise Makarem OliveiraDepartment of Neurology, School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Brazil.
Mônica Sanches YassudaDepartment of Gerontology, School of Arts, Sciences and Humanities, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Hernando Santamaría-GarcíaPhD Program of Neuroscience, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia.
Andrea SlachevskyNeuropsychology and Clinical Neuroscience Laboratory (LANNEC), Physiopathology Program - Institute of Biomedical Sciences (ICBM), Neuroscience and East Neuroscience Departments, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.
William Tamayo AgudeloCooperative University of Colombia, Medellín, Colombia.
Julio ToralesUniversidad Nacional de Asunción, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Cátedra de Psiquiatría, San Lorenzo, Paraguay.
Norha Vera San JuanInstitute for Global Health, University College London, London, UK.
Vaughan BellClinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

From the impact of armed conflict and political violence to the neuropsychiatric consequences of neglected tropical diseases, Latin America has a unique profile of region-specific risk factors that mean it is not always well-served by neuropsychiatric practice developed in high-income regions. Here, we review the region-specific neuropsychiatric characteristics of traumatic brain injury, stroke, epilepsy, dementia, functional neurological disorder, infectious diseases, environmental health risks, and substance use. Additionally, we identify structural challenges for neuropsychiatric health and suggest pathways to develop a specifically Latin American neuropsychiatry as a cross-disciplinary, multi-professional field based on practical steps to strengthen research capacity, training, clinical practice, and care delivery. Latin America should be a priority for neuropsychiatry, and we argue for a Latin American neuropsychiatry that has much to offer the region and much to contribute worldwide.

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Latin AmericaNeurologyNeuropsychiatryPsychiatryPsychologySouth America

Identifiers

PMID41438237
PMCPMC12719751

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