Dr. Victor Cruz

Dr. Victor Cruz, MD, MS - Lima, Peru

Location: Lima, Peru

Title: Child Adversity and Psychosis: Findings from the Peruvian National Survey of Mental Health, 2022

Bio: Victor O. Cruz is a professor of psychiatry and epidemiology at the Peruvian University Cayetano Heredia and the University of San Martin de Porres, respectively, in Lima, Peru. He has conducted various research projects in collaboration with several USA universities, such as the Epidemiology of Coca Leaf Chewing in the 21st Century in Peru with Michigan State University and the first Peruvian National Survey of Mental Health and Service Use with Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. His current research includes the Pilot of the Genetic Architecture of Schizophrenia among Peruvians, conducted with the Broad Institute of Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Presentation Summary:

  • Define the prevalence of psychosis and childhood adversity,

  • Determine the patterns of childhood adversity in the Peruvian population, and

  • Describe the association of childhood adversity patterns with psychosis.

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