Victor Pereira Sanchez

Victor Pereira Sanchez is a Postdoctoral Research Scientist in the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia University. His research focuses on psychiatric epidemiology, global mental health, and the psychiatric impacts of COVID-19, with particular emphasis on the hikikomori phenomenon (pathological social withdrawal) and lifestyle psychiatry. His recent publications include an international case vignette survey of global psychiatrists' perspectives on hikikomori, an infodemiology study of Twitter data in Portuguese, and a narrative review of psychiatrists' roles in disaster situations. He has contributed to the American Psychiatric Association Lifestyle Psychiatry Presidential Workgroup Report and conducted cross-sectional studies on early career psychiatrists in Europe during the pandemic. His work integrates biopsychosocial frameworks and international collaborations to advance psychiatric care and training worldwide.