Pandemics, such as COVID-19 affect a relatively large number of people and impose new rules and social habits for the whole population. Information about the pandemic are constant in the media. Social distancing was also initiated in Brazil as a measure to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, which can have economic and psychosocial consequences. In this context, the objective of this paper was to verify ...
Social Anxiety Disorder is the most common anxiety disorder and it shows high prevalence rates, with significant functional impairment, requiring long-term therapeutic approaches in more severe cases. The aim of the present study is to describe a case study with cognitive-behavioral intervention without associated psychotropic treatment on a young adult male with this diagnosis. In the intervention, distributed...
Este trabalho teve como objetivo descrever uma nova visão político-pedagógica transdisciplinar enfocando o método clinico em odontologia através do olhar da Psicologia. Tornou-se possível através da implantação da mudança curricular praticada na Faculdade de Odontologia da Universidade Federal do RioGrande do Sul a partir de 2005.
The relation between language and executive functions, also known as complex cognitive functions, has already been established in the past by Luria and Vygotsky. This article revises the concept of executive functions from a neuropsychological and cognitive perspective. Some of the executive function recognized models, as well as studies about executive functions in children, are presented. The development of e...
Introdução: Esta tese de doutorado é mais uma contribuição do Grupo de Qualidade de Vida (Centro Brasileiro) do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Médicas: Psiquiatria, da UFRGS. Esse grupo têm trabalhado em projetos transculturais de elaboração de instrumentos de qualidade de vida (QV) sob a coordenação da Organização Mundial de Saúde. Entre os instrumentos genéricos de QV já desenvolvidos estão o WHOQOL-10...