Ramiro Catelan

• Doctor of Philosophy
• PostDoc Position at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

This brief commentary critically examines the study “Psychotherapies for the Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder: A Systematic Review” by Crotty et al. (2023) It highlights several methodological and reporting concerns that impact the study’s credibility and conclusions. Key issues include the retrospective registration of the study protoc...

Schema modes (SMs) are widely discussed in the theory and practice of Schema Therapy (ST). However, there is still a lack of culturally sensitive studies addressing the needs of social minority groups (SMG), including sexual and gender minorities (SGM). This is a significant issue that results in inconsistent practices among professionals when work...

Objective: The objective of the present study is to adapt and present validity evidence based on the internal structure of the Mind-Wandering Questionnaire (MWQ) for the Brazilian context. Methods: A total of 2682 Brazilian adults from different regions of the country have taken part in this study. Confirmatory factor analyses and multigroup confir...

O estigma relacionado ao HIV é um dos principais fatores associados a desfechos negativos entre pessoas que vivem com HIV, como evitação de testagem e baixa adesão ao tratamento. O objetivo deste estudo é apresentar as evidências de validade da Escala de Antecipação do Estigma Relacionado ao HIV (EAER-HIV-7) no contexto brasileiro. Participaram do...

Daydreaming is a natural mental experience in which people get immersed in stories and images, imagining them as if they were real, although knowing they are merely an imagination. Maladaptive daydreaming, on the other hand, is an excessive and compulsive involvement in fantasy which replaces human interaction and impairs academic, interpersonal, o...

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This cross-sectional study investigated whether depression, self-esteem, and resilience (mental health indicators) are associated with some psychological features of sexuality (sexual fear, sexual anxiety, sexual dissatisfaction, and sexual body image worries) in a sample of 462 transgender men and women from Brazil. Pearson’s correlations were per...

Several adverse psychological outcomes among sexual and gender minorities (SGM) are well documented in the literature. Notwithstanding the emergence of these data, SGM still receive little attention regarding psychological interventions, which include Schema Therapy (ST), an emerging integrative psychotherapy approach. Even though revisions have be...

Reality shifting (RS) is a trendy mental activity that emerged abruptly following the flare-up of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and seems to be practiced mainly by members of the post-millennial generation. RS, described as the experience of being able to transcend one’s physical confines and visit alternate, mostly fictional, universes, is discuss...

Este capítulo apresenta um caso clínico no qual a aplicação da DBT foi fundamental para a obtenção de resultados efetivos. Após a apresentação do caso, são discutidos os principais elementos teóricos que embasaram as intervenções descritas.

This cross-sectional exploratory study aims to verify associations between condom-protected sex, condom negotiation self-efficacy, self-esteem, and four minority stressors (experiences with misgendering, “passing” concerns, anticipated prejudice, and perceived prejudice) among transgender men (TM) and transgender women (TW). The study participants...

This chapter will address couple relationships and connectedness in sexual minority emerging adults (SMEA). It is reflected in the development of affective sexual socialization among couples of young lesbian, gay and bissexual (LGB) individuals. With the recent social transformations, from the cultural to the legal field, the sex-loving relationshi...

Psychological practices with lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals have often been performed inappropriately, supported by a heteronormative logic that is hostile toward non-heterosexual orientations. Considering this scenario, our article aims to present basic elements of affirmative family psychotherapy, a model for working with families i...

Anticipated HIV stigma refers to expectations held by individuals regarding social rejection, prejudice, and discrimination if they were ever to be infected by HIV. Much of the prior work on the impact of this anticipated stigma on HIV testing focus on men who have sex with men and transgender women populations, suggesting that higher levels of ant...

Este documento é a tradução oficial autorizada das Guidelines for Psychological Practice With Transgender and Gender Nonconforming People, elaboradas pela American Psychological Association em 2015. O objetivo desta tradução é disponibilizar ao público de profissionais da psicologia do Brasil material científico informado por evidências para subsid...

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The aim of this study is to investigate HIV-related healthcare needs and access barriers for Brazilian transgender and gender diverse people. Data were collected from gender identity clinics and the questionnaire was also made available on the Internet. Out of the 543 participants—62.1% (n = 337) transgender women, 28.7 (n = 156) transgender men an...

Research involving transgender and gender diverse people (TGD) increased in the last years, mostly concerning healthcare associated to this population. Few studies dedicated their analysis to the impact of parental support on transgender people, even though this is an important aspect in creating a safe environment on which these individuals can bu...

Background: Transgender and gender diverse people (TGD) have specific healthcare needs and struggles with access barriers that should be addressed by public health systems. Our study aimed to address this topic in the Brazilian context.Methods: A hospital and web-based cross-sectional survey built with input from the medical and transgender communi...

This study aimed to investigate psychological interventions for transgender persons, aiming to highlight their goals, theoretical background and methods. A scoping review was conducted in four databases, ranging from 1980 to 2015. Selection led to a final sample of 36 articles. The goals of psychological interventions are unclearly described in man...

Efeito de configuração refere-se ao impacto que a forma de apresentar um tópico tem sobre a opinião. Esta pesquisa investigou o efeito de configuração no endosso ao reconhecimento legal das uniões de pessoas do mesmo sexo em uma população universitária brasileira composta por pessoas com diferentes níveis de preconceito. Foram usados três diferente...

Corrigendum to: J Health Psychol DOI 10.1177/1359105316628748 Unfortunately, the online published article has an error in one of the analyses. On page 365, fifth paragraph, the corrected statistical report is (Δ 1.66, 95% CI [3.32, .01], t (305) = –1.98, p<.05), not (Δ 1.66, 95% CI [3.32, .01], t (305) = –1.66, p <.05). In spite of this correction,...

The objective of this study was to assess the effectiveness of a multidimensional (educational, affective and behavioural) web-based intervention to change healthcare practitioners’ attitudes toward lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender population. It aimed to measure gender and sexual (GenSex) prejudice pre- and post-intervention in relation to s...