Tese de Doutoramento em Psicologia apresentada à Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação; Introduction: The burden of Bipolar Disorder (BD) is widely acknowledged, affecting psychosocial and cognitive aspects of cognitive functioning leading to prolonged periods of disability. Studies demonstrate an association of BD with unemployment, loss of productivity, and elevated suicide rates. Even during peri...
International guidelines endorse psychological treatment for Bipolar Disorder (BD); however, the absence of a recognised gold-standard intervention requires further research. A Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) skills group intervention with 12 sessions was developed. This pilot randomised controlled trial (RCT) aims to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and outcomes variance of Bi-REAL – Respond Effect...
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) is a multi-component cognitive behavioural intervention with proven efficacy in treating people with borderline personality disorder symptoms. Establishing benchmarks for DBT intervention with both adults and adolescents is essential for bridging the gap between research and clinical practice, improving teams' performance and procedures.
Affective temperaments are frequently described as a biologically determined early emerging variation in emotional reactivity, with solid temporal stability. We aimed to analyse affective temperament variation and dominance while adapting and translating the Affective Temperament Questionnaire (ATQ) to European Portuguese in both clinical (Major Depressive Disorder – MDD and Bipolar Disorder – BD) and non-clini...
Dissertação de mestrado em Psicologia Clínica e da Saúde ( Intervenções Cognitivo-Comportamentais nas Perturbações Psicológicas e da Saúde), apresentada à Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação da Universidade de Coimbra; O aparecimento de estudos acerda da vergonha e memórias emocionais tem vindo a aumentar ao longo dos anos, e diversos investigadores demonstraram o importante impacto que experienci...