Mental Health and Social Work

5 ECTS / Semestral / Português
  1. Understand the concept of mental health and its perspectives;
  2. Understand the differences between mental health and psychological disorders;
  3. Understand the main theories and models of psychopathological phenomena;
  4. Recognize that mental disorders are complex illnesses with multifactorial etiologies;
  5. Understand the characteristics of the most prevalent mental disorders;
  6. Understand intervention models and their contexts within the field of Social Work;
  7. Recognize best practices in the field of social work.

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Ricardo Peixoto

Ricardo Peixoto

Professor Auxiliar
Ricardo Peixoto earned a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the Higher Institute of Applied Psychology in 2006; he completed a master’s degree in Marriage…
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Faculty - Jorge Barbosa

António Jorge da Silva Barbosa

Invited Professor
Social Worker, Master in Social Work from the Faculty of Human Sciences of Universidade Católica Portuguesa, PhD candidate in the Interuniversity…
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