Pedro Gomes

Pedro Gomes
University of Porto | UP · Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences

Master in Clinical and Health Psychology
PhD Candidate in Psychology

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Additional affiliations
April 2019 - April 2022
Instituto Português de Oncologia
Position
  • Research fellow
January 2015 - June 2016
Instituto Superior da Maia
Position
  • Research fellow
January 2021 - present
University of Porto
Position
  • Doctoral fellow
Education
January 2015 - December 2016
Instituto Universitário da Maia
Field of study
  • Clinical Psychology
September 2008 - November 2013
Instituto Superior da Maia
Field of study
  • Clinical and Health Psychology

Publications

Publications (14)
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Background: The lack of knowledge regarding psychometric characteristics of brief scales for assessing the severity of symptoms of depression for the Portuguese population limits the ability of health professionals to signal clinically relevant situations, as well as the implementation of alternative forms of mental health care. The Patient Health...
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Hereditary cancer syndromes are inherited pathogenic genetic variants that significantly increase the risk of developing cancer. When individuals become aware of their increased probability of having cancer, the whole family is affected by this new reality and needs to adjust. However, adjustment to hereditary cancer syndromes has been mainly studi...
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Objectives Healthy individuals from hereditary cancer families undergoing genetic testing for cancer susceptibility (GTC) report more distress when they perceive their social support as low and suppress their emotions. This study aimed to explore how suppressing emotions and perceiving others as unsupportive are related with cancer-risk distress....
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Background Hereditary cancer syndromes have been conceptualized as a family level process. The present study explores the complexity and challenges of family adaptation to the hereditary cancer syndrome, in the context of genetic counseling and long-term cancer risk management and follow-up surveillance. Methods We performed semi-structured interv...
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Introduction: Screening instruments specifically developed to identify genetic testing applicants who may need professional psychosocial support are much needed. However, there are no screening instruments validated for the Portuguese language. This paper presents the translation, adaptation, and validation process of the Genetic Psychosocial Risk...
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A inclusão das novas tecnologias na psicoterapia é hoje uma realidade indiscutível. Apesar de já nos anos 60 e 70 se assistir à aplicação de novas tecnologias na prática psicológica, primeiro com sistemas de videoconferência (Wittson, Affleck, & Johnson, 1961) e posteriormente com a utilização do biofeedback (Legalos, 1973), a emergência e a acessi...
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Objective: Research on the assimilation model has suggested that psychological change takes place in a sequence of stages punctuated by setbacks, that is, by transient reversals in the developmental course. This study analyzed such setbacks in one good outcome case and one poor outcome case of Emotion-focused therapy (EFT) for depression. Method:...
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Dissertação de Mestrado sobre mudança em psicoterapia: retrocessos no processo de assimilação de experiências problemáticas em dois casos de terapia focada nas emoções com resultados contrastantes.

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