Salvador Simó Algado

Salvador Simó Algado
University of Vic | UVIC · Faculty of Health Sciences and Wellbeing / Faculty of Medicine

PhD in Inclusive Education MsC MBA.

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Introduction
Salvador Simó Algado, PhD, MsC, MBA; currently works at the Faculty of Health Sciences and Wellbeing, at UVIC-UCC and as International lecturer/researcher. Salvador coordinates the research group Mental health and Social Innovation. He is the co-Director of the Cathedra of Mental Health. Their current projects are at the European level (UNINTEGRA, InterAct, and Riding Together), and at the National level (Peer to peer; Job inclusion for teen and mental health survivors; Art and culture for wellbeing and social participation). Specially interested in innovation, entrepreneurship, social determinants of mental health, art and culture for wellbeing.

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Publications (102)
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Introduction Ecological crises associated with the global degradation of the natural environment call for dialogues and action to develop an economically and environmentally sustainable world. This paper proposes a new narrative for humanity by connecting ecology with broad ideas about occupation and occupational justice. Method The authors reflec...
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Ensayo científico sobre realidades como la pobreza, la prisión, el trauma de guerram la libertad humana , etc. a partir de mis propias viviencias en el ámbito de la cooperación internacional y acción social.
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La Universidad debe erigirse como motor de la sociedad civil y abordar con decisión los desafíos sociales contemporáneos, como es la situación de paro en España. La metodología del Aprendizaje Servicio Universitario permite integrar un aprendizaje basado en la realidad con el servicio a la comunidad concretizando la responsabilidad social de la Uni...
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A preventive occupational therapy program with children surviving the Kosovo conflict is examined. The objective of the program was to facilitate the emotional expression of traumatic experiences in order to prevent the development of future psychological problems. The intervention was based on a community-centred approach with spirituality as a ce...
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The decline in mental health is indeed a significant global concern, with rates plummeting worldwide. Fortunately, there is growing recognition of the potential of arts and culture to enhance brain health and overall well-being. In response to this pressing need, successful initiatives have emerged, particularly in Europe. In this report, we showca...
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Introduction Evidence of the role of the arts in mental health is growing, but artistic approaches are still developing in rehabilitation services. The SuperART project is based on the therapeutic potential of art, proposing an innovative intervention, combining arts, nature and virtual reality to promote well-being in individuals with mental illne...
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Los esfuerzos comunitarios de recuperación han aumentado considerablemente en las últimas décadas para promover programas destinados a personas con problemas de salud mental. En el presente artículo se expone el proyecto Parelles Artístiques2 (PA) experiencias creativas para la salud mental, una intervención comunitaria que produce encuentros socia...
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La demencia tiene una evolución crónica y progresiva generando dependencia para la realización de actividades de la vida diaria (OMSa, 2021). La enfermedad de Alzheimer (EA) es una de sus expresiones más comunes (OMSa, 2020), la cual limita algunas oportunidades de participación en ocupaciones significativas (deprivación ocupacional). Este artículo...
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Background The Mosaic project is a socio-health integration model that promotes the personal recovery of people with severe mental illness in a territory of Central Catalonia: the Bages region. The recovery approach in mental health care promotes meaningful activities and social inclusion for people with mental health disorders. The aim of this stu...
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The following article highlights the need to develop an occupational ecology, that is, the study of the deep and inseparable connection between human occupation and the ecological environment. Occupational ecology emerges as an occupational science field of study in an interprofessional and transdisciplinary dialogue. Potential fields of study are...
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It is described the experience of a therapeutic garden project located in the vicinity of the Psychiatry Service of the Guillermo Grant Benavente Hospital (HGGB) in Concepción, Chile, led by the Non-Governmental Organization Rebrota (ONG Rebrota) based on the ecosocial perspective applied in people with mental health needs. It aims to analyze this...
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Resumen Se describe la experiencia de un proyecto de huerta terapéutica ubicada en las inmediaciones del Servicio de psiquiatría del Hospital Guillermo Grant Benavente (HGGB) de Concepción, Chile, liderada por la Organización No Gubernamental Rebrota (ONG Rebrota) en base a la perspectiva eco-social aplicada en personas con necesidades de salud men...
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Peer support is one of the pillars of the recovery model in mental health care. The purpose is to specify the interventions performed by peer support workers (PSWs) and identify the outcomes in terms of the occupational therapy (OT) process with statistical incidence. A systematic review of the peer-to-peer technique in OT was carried out using the...
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Introduction A mental health peer support program was implemented at two reference institutions in Central Catalonia. The program culturally and contextually adapted successful international projects by training people with experience of mental health problems and ensuring their employment in multidisciplinary health care teams. This study explores...
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Το εγχειρίδιο παρουσιάζει τις πρακτικές κατευθυντήριες γραμμές για τη διεπιστημονική ψυχοκοινωνική υποστήριξη των προσφύγων που αναπτύχθηκαν από το "InterAct - Interdisciplinary cooperation in psychosocial interventions", ένα ευρωπαϊκό πρόγραμμα Erasmus+ συνεργαζόμενων ιδρυμάτων τριτοβάθμιας εκπαίδευσης στη Γερμανία, την Ελλάδα, την Ισπανία και τη...
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The scientific report presents policy recommendations for the interdisciplinary psychosocial support of refugees that were developed by "InterAct - Interdisciplinary cooperation in psychosocial interventions", a European Erasmus+ project between higher education institutions in Germany, Greece, Spain, and Sweden. The InterAct interdisciplinary team...
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Introduction Addiction to video games is being studied mainly in adolescents, however, there are also high prevalence rates in young adults. This problem may be aggravated by confinement by COVID-19. The objective was to establish changes in the problematic game to video games and addiction to them in young adult population (18-30 years) in Latin A...
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Hope is needed for human action and social transformation. To promote and empower community participation is a key process in a time that neoliberal economy promotes social atomism and individualization. For doing so, critical and epistemic reflexivity is needed in contexts of occupational apartheid. A reflexive analysis of current issues and poten...
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Hope is needed for human action and social transformation. To promote and empower community participation is a key process in a time that neoliberal economy promotes social atomism and individualization. For doing so, critical and epistemic reflexivity is needed in contexts of occupational apartheid. A reflexive analysis of current issues and poten...
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Hope is needed for human action and social transformation. To promote and empower community participation is a key process in a time that neoliberal economy promotes social atomism and individualization. For doing so, critical and epistemic reflexivity is needed in contexts of occupational apartheid. A reflexive analysis of current issues and poten...
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This article proposes that occupational therapists must take on the role of agents of change in order to act in an eco-responsible way towards the population. Our recent literature review explores the critique of the foundations of the occupational therapist profession through the perspective of professional practices focused on eco-systems, and it...
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Since 2015 a number of psychosocial initiatives to mitigate the stressors stemming from the prolonged asylum systems and promote refugees’ well-being have been developed and carried out by diverse stakeholders at a national and European level. This handboook presents the practice guidelines for interdisciplinary psychosocial practice that were deve...
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Background: "Digital Partners" is an intergenerational information and communications technology learning project carried out in the municipalities of Vic and Centelles (Catalonia) from April to May 2018. Within the framework of the introduction of community service as a subject in secondary education, the Centre for Health and Social Studies (Univ...
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The aim of this study is to perform a qualitative analysis of selected life trajectories of patients with a history of attempted suicide with the purpose of identifying personal and psychosocial factors that favor suicidal behavior and those that ground resilience. Five suicide attempt survivors from a community mental health service were interview...
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This paper reports on the collective ideas of the occupational scientists and therapists who attended the “Refugees – Addressing Key Social Issues” think tank at the Occupational Science Conference held in Hildesheim (2017). Forced migration is recognized as a prevalent issue in today’s society. Forced migrants face many occupational challenges, wh...
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BACKGROUND “Digital Partners” is an intergenerational information and communications technology learning project carried out in the municipalities of Vic and Centelles (Catalonia) from April to May 2018. Within the framework of the introduction of community service as a subject in secondary education, the Centre for Health and Social Studies (Unive...
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Background “Digital Partners” is an intergenerational information and communications technology learning project carried out in the municipalities of Vic and Centelles (Catalonia) from April to May 2018. Within the framework of the introduction of community service as a subject in secondary education, the Centre for Health and Social Studies (Unive...
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Background: The detrimental effects of caregiving have been well documented. In order to compensate for the disadvantages of caring, research has also tried to identify factors associated to caregivers’ subjective well-being (SWB). Aims: We aim at presenting an integrative model of SWB. Methods and procedures: Sample consisted of 228 staff working...
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Art is an important tool for inclusion and social transformation that contributes to improving the health and quality of life of people, constituting a space for personal expression and development, which allows to overcome barriers and relational and communicative difficulties, especially for those people who are in situations of vulnerability and...
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Occupational therapy is underpinned by the premise that engagement in occupation is fundamental to health and well-being. Through occupations, people are able to orchestrate their lives in ways that enable them not only to survive, but also to experience human flourishing. Through occupation, people can develop and maintain their families, neighbou...
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Este artículo presenta la investigación desarrollada en el Centro de Cultura Contemporánea de Barcelona (CCCB) para conocer el impacto de su programa de Alzheimer. Se describe la metodología mixta de la investigación desarrollada, si bien se ha privilegiado la dimensión cualitativa desde un paradigma hermenéutico. A nivel cuantitativo se ha utiliza...
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Programme for the 2nd Think Tank for Occupation-Based Social Transformation
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Objetivo: se presenta como un estudio de caso un proyecto de Terapia Ocupacional desarrollado por el autor para Médicos Sin Fronteras con la colaboración de Payasos Sin Fronteras durante el conflicto bélico de Kosovo. Se implementó un proyecto de empoderamiento de base comunitaria a partir de la c apacitación de profesores locales como promotores d...
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A partir de la entrevista con Chema Caballero y de sus propias experiencias el primer autor reflexiona sobre el rol de la terapia ocupacional en cooperación internacional, con inmigrantes y con refugiados, en un contexto donde proliferan el racismo y la xenofobia. Se interviene desde un imperativo ético a partir del reconocimiento de las capacidade...
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Resumen El aprendizaje servicio (ApS) integra la educación en la excelencia con prestar un servicio a la comunidad. Este capítulo presenta el proyecto de ApS Potencial desarrollado en la Universitat de Vic. En el mismo, estudiantes universitarios han trabajado conjunta-mente con personas con enfermedad mental de la Fundació Centre Mèdic Psicopedagò...
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Occupational behaviour is always an environmental behaviour because the occupation is the dialogue between human beings and their environment. Culture is key dimension in our profession. This article is based on previous research and a new review of the scientific literature on the various meanings associated with culture. In the contemporary conte...
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La producción vitivinícola y el valor de la procedencia otorgan a los territorios una valiosa oportunidad de diferenciación en un contexto de emergente competitividad entre espacios geográficos. En el caso de Cataluña, la comarca del Priorat y su vinculación identitaria con las denominaciones de origen del vino (DOC Priorat y DO Montsant) han repre...
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The objective of this chapter is to present the EcosSPORTech project, a cross-faculty project based in Vic (Spain) where the University of Vic has a central role in developing an enterprise with young people in order to develop sports and leisure activities in the natural environment, integrating Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). Th...
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Análisis de resultados La investigación realizada ha demostrado un impacto a en los usuarios como en los estudiantes a nivel de: - Mejora de su bienestar físico, psicológica y social. - Incremento de su sentimiento de ciudadanía e incrementación de su participación social. En los estudiantes les ha permitido el desarrollar un aprendizaje basado en...
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Aprendizajes Los estudiantes han desarrollado competencias en: -Desarrollo de programas de inserción sociolaboral. - Desarrollo de investigación (Investigación Acción Participativa). - Presentación de ponencias en congresos científicos a nivel nacional e internacional. - Creación de empresas sociales. - Participación en cursos Intensive Programe de...
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Introduction Our contemporary society faces serious problems. In Spain, unemployement aaects near 50% of the young population. This reality means that youngsters cannot develop a meaningful life project, develop a full citizenship and it is related with social exclusion, delinquency and addictions.
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Este artículo está basado en el proyecto de Aprendizaje Servicio (ApS) (Puig, 2006) Jardín Miquel Martí i Pol, iniciado en el año 2005 en la Universidad de Vic (UVic). En el mismo, universitarios junto a personas en situación de exclusión social por motivos relacionados con la enfermedad mental, la pobreza y/o la inmigración han creado y mantenido...
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Introduction Our contemporary society faces serious problems. In Spain, unemployement aaects near 50% of the young population. This reality means that youngsters cannot develop a meaningful life project, develop a full citizenship and it is related with social exclusion, delinquency and addictions.
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The University must become an engine of the civil society and take an active part in leading contemporary social challenges, such as the situation of unemployment in Spain. The University Service Learning methodology allows us to integrate a reality-based learning with the community service, concretizing the social responsibility of the University....
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This article is based on the Service Learning (SL) project (Puig, 2006) Miquel Martí i Pol Garden, started in 2005 at the Universitat de Vic. In the project university students with people experiencing social exclusion for reasons related with mental illness, poverty and/or immigration have created and maintained a garden open to all citizens and d...
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Resumen El objetivo de este artículo es presentar el proyecto EcoSPORTech, cuya finalidad es la creación de una empresa social con jóvenes para la realización de actividades deportivas/ocio en el medio natural, inte-grando las nuevas tecnologías. Este proyecto supone una colaboración interdisciplinaria dentro de la Universidad de Vic, entre las fac...
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Si bien los terapeutas nos postulamos como expertos en la ocupación humana hemos desatendido aspectos claves del medio, como son tanto los condicionantes sociopolíticos como los ecológicos. La actual crisis ecológica no puede pasar desapercibida para los terapeutas ocupacionales, ya que la ocupación humana es el diálogo entre la persona (grupo o co...
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sur que hace años se dedican a leer el mundo y a escribir, conjuntamente con las comunidades, las políticas para un nuevo mundo. Esta capacidad de lectura y escritura del mundo es de vital importancia. Durante años se ha formado, y lo que es más preocupante es que se sigue formando, a los terapeutas ocupacionales desde una visión triste, miope, mec...
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El proyecto de investigación se ha basado en el proyecto Miquel Martí i Pol, que ha consistido en la creación y mantenimiento de un jardín dedicado a la memoria del poeta, con personas en situación de exclusión social (por motivos de enfermedad mental, inmigración, pobreza) y estudiantes de terapia ocupacional de la Universitat de Vic, desde una si...
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Investigación Acción Participativa, desde una visión cualitativa. Se desarrollaron entrevistas en profundidad con los jardineros (personas con problemas en relación a la salud mental y la pobreza), los estudiantes y las distintas instituciones sociales, públicas y empresariales que hicieron posible el proyecto. El proyecto nutre el campo de conocim...
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Este artículo se centra en aumentar la concienciación sobre los temas que surgen cuando los terapeutas ocupacionales llevan su práctica a nuevos o contextos y culturas o practican con personas que proceden de los mismos. Para que las intervenciones terapéuticas sean efectivas, los terapeutas deben tener presente las realidades y los significados co...
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Cultural borders can be transcended in occupational therapy practice when occupational therapists think creatively beyond the usual frameworks and models, with their underlying assumptions. In this article chapter the main author introduces and describes the Kawa or river model of occupational therapy, developed by a group of Japanese occupational...
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Holism is perceived to be one of the major tenets of occupational therapy. This article discusses the relevance of sexuality to holistic health care and contributes to the continuing discussion regarding the legitimacy of sexuality as an area of concern for occupational therapists. Sexuality is an important part of the human experience and is linke...
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RESUMENEn el siguiente artículo vamos a explorar el Modelo Canadiense del Desempeño Ocupacional (C.M.O.P.). Nos centraremos en el propósito del modelo, el contexto en el que surge, sus conceptos y creencias centrales, su visión del desempeño ocupacional, así como en las guías para el desarrollo de una práctica centrada en el cliente. Los conceptos...
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RESUMENEn este segundo artículo exploraremos el Modelo Canadiense del Proceso del Desempeño Ocupacional (C.O.P.P.M.) que nos guía en el proceso de la intervención, así como el Instrumento de Valoración Canadiense del Desempeño Ocupacional (C.O.P.M.), que nos ayuda a valorar la auto-percepción del cliente sobre su desempeño ocupacional y su satisfac...
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Sexuality is an integral part of human life; however, people with disabilities often report an unsatisfying sexual life. The aim of this study was both to explore the reasons for the reported unsatisfying life and to reframe it in terms of occupational injustice and denial of participation in meaningful occupation. In-depth interviews were carried...
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Occupational therapy intervention guided by clients' spiritual beliefs can be a powerful force for change. This paper describes an occupational therapy project with Maya Indian families returning to Guatemala after 14 years refuge in Mexico. The project was designed and carried out over a 12 month period. Its aim was to assist the families to re-ad...
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Occupational therapy intervention guided by clients' spiritual beliefs can be a powerful force for change. This paper describes an occupational therapy project with Maya Indian families returning to Guatemala after 14 years refuge in Mexico. The project was designed and carried out over a 12 month period. Its aim was to assist the families to re-ad...

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