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Introduction
Master in Clinical Psychology from the Institute of Applied Psychology (ISPA), Psychotherapist from the Portuguese Society of Brief Psychotherapy (SPPB), Candidate from the Portuguese Psychoanalytic Society (SPP) . Former research assistant of the Epidemiology Unit of the Lisbon Faculty of Medicine (IMP-FML). Clinical experience in Psychiatric Units and in private practice. Research in epidemiology (sexuality, death), mental illness, psychosis, psychotherapy, psychoanalysis.
Additional affiliations
January 2017 - present
Sociedade Portuguesa de Psicoterapias Breves
Position
- Lecturer
January 2011 - March 2015
Instituto de Medicina Preventiva - FML
Position
- Research Assistant
July 2008 - present
Private Practice
Position
- Medical Professional
Education
October 2017 - July 2021
Sociedade Portuguesa de Psicanálise
Field of study
- Psychoanalysis
October 2007 - June 2012
Sociedade Portuguesa de Psicoterapias Breves
Field of study
- Psychotherapy
October 2002 - July 2008
Publications
Publications (27)
In this report we go through the history of the International Journal of Psychoanalysis (IJP) from its founding moment to the event that celebrates a hundred years of publications. The IJP arose from the need to extend the dissemination of psychoanalysis to the community of english-speaking psychoanalysts, and since then it has become a reference i...
Several studies have stressed the relevance of family environment in the course of schizophrenia and the perception of the pathology by both the subjects and family members. The objective of the current qualitative study consisted in the development of a grounded theory (GT) regarding narcissism and the family dynamics of subjects diagnosed with pa...
Será apresentado um modelo onde a Esquizofrenia é definida como “neurose narcísica” e desse modo os sintomas depressivos graves, muitas vezes descritos em termos de depressão grave ou sintomas negativos, são manifestações e tentativas falhadas de resolução de uma grave patologia narcísica.
Este modelo assente na patologia narcísica será utilizado...
Book Review of the book Psychotherapy for People Diagnosed with Schizophrenia: Specific Techniques by Andrew Lottermann (2016).
Neste workshop serão enumeradas as evidências científicas que suportam o tratamento psicoterapêutico das psicoses com a apresentação e discussão de um conjunto de artigos científicos. Seguidamente procura-se compreender as bases teóricas e conceptuais subjacentes ao tratamento através de uma perspectiva psicodinâmica da psicose. Serão apresentados...
Serão apresentadas as características de funcionamento psíquico que
diferenciam os pacientes psicóticos e os desafios clínicos que colocam a uma
intervenção psicoterapêutica. De seguida serão discutidas as técnicas de
intervenção que poderão ser utilizadas de acordo com uma perspectiva
psicodinâmica.
Serão utilizados exemplos clínicos que permitem...
Introduction Erectile dysfunction (ED) inquiry and treatment could have an important role in cardiovascular prevention. The aims of the present study were to: (1) evaluate the association of ED with cardiovascular risk (CVR) factors among patients with no previous cardiovascular events; (2) assess the inquiry of ED in Portuguese primary care. Metho...
Title: Exploring gender and class inequalities in the bedroom: men and women' perceptions of their sexuality through an indepth interview study The nature of intimacy and selfidentity changed radically over the last century. The disruption between sex and procreation enabled the emergence of new forms of gender relations and contributed towards t...
Objective: Most people in long-term intimate relationships are concerned about the quality of their marital satisfaction (MS) as also their own and their partners' sexual satisfaction (SS). This empirical research used a triangulation approach to investigate how MS influences the association between sexual function (SF) and SS in both genders, cons...
Objective: This empirical research used a mixed-method approach to investigate both genders attitudes towards, and experiences of, help-seeking for sexual problems (SP).
Methods: Structured interviews with 323 primary healthcare users intended to explain treatment-seeking behaviours and how self-constructions of SP reality are shaped by personal a...
Good history-taking skills are the first step towards achieving a correct diagnosis of sexual dysfunction (SD). However, studies show most general practitioners (GPs) do not take the initiative to ask the patient about SD, and when diagnosing a condition, they tend to give preference to their own criteria over clinical guidelines.
The aim of this s...
A ansiedade face à morte tem sido um tema bastante investigado, mas sem resultados consistentes. Em Portugal são escassas as investigações sobre atitudes perante a morte e processo de morte em geral, e mais com populações migrantes.
Pretendeu-se identificar fatores associados à ansiedade face à morte em duas populações distintas, Portugueses e Chin...
Background: Willingness to commit to posthumous organ donation has been shown to be related to common death anxiety defenses, and to differ between cultures and socio-demographic variables. Studies indicate that Chinese people are less likely to donate organs than the Westerners. In Portugal organs donation after death is presumed, meaning that any...
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There is growing literature based on the concept of sex work defined as the rationalization, improvement and mastery of sex in personal life, arguing that women are more likely to be submitted to it due to gender inequalities and power differences (1). This study presents the findings of an empirical research in a qualitativ...
Introduction:
Evidence shows that sexual dysfunctions (SDs) are very prevalent in both sexes and that they share risk factors with many other conditions. It is known that only a minority of people experiencing sexual problems seek treatment, but the role of the general practitioner (GP) in SD diagnosis and treatment is relatively unexplored. No st...
Qualitative research has become an important complement to quantitative methods allowing the investigation of complex phenomena such as psychological/ interpersonal reactions to sexual problems. This methodology may enhance the understanding of sexual problems’ experiences and help providing further clarification of its categorization (Tiefer & Ros...
Resumo: Dor e sofrimento são vivências que escrevem a história dos homens, partilhadas socialmente por todos, mas experienciadas no íntimo de cada um. É esta vivência do foro privado que teima em escapar aos olhares da religião, da filosofia e das ciências. No entanto a arte, e sobretudo a pintura, constitui-se não só como a janela de acesso privil...
Background / Purpose:
Evidence shows that sexual dysfunctions (SD) are very prevalent in both sexes and that they share risk factors with many other conditions, such as cardiovascular diseases. It is known that only a small minority of people experiencing sexual problems seek treatment, but the role of the general practitioner (GP) is relatively...
Background / Purpose:
Sexual dysfunction (SD) is known to increase in prevalence with increasing age and severity of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in both genders. SD, in an otherwise asymptomatic person, may be a marker of underlying undiagnosed CVD. In fact, erectile dysfunction (ED) frequently manifests itself 2-3 years before the consequences...
The objective of this study consisted in developing a theory about the psychotherapeutic process in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy and to verify the relevance of the common and specific factors. The participants were three psychoanalytical psychotherapists. Semi-structured interviews and 15 session's notes given by one of the therapists (one psychoth...
Background Good history-taking skills are an important step towards achieving a correct diagnosis of sexual dysfunctions. However, studies show that there is both a lack of opportunities for medical students to learn how to do a sexual history 1 and a lack of opportunistic sexual history taking by doctors 2 . A study conducted among Swiss GPs and U...
