Anhedonia and feelings of pleasure
Anyone will have met people who cannot feel pleasure or are insensitive to situations once considered rewarding. Perhaps we too have gone through similar periods; and we met, or clashed, with …
Our Psychology Study Notes focuses on the study of human behavior, considering its biological, effective, cognitive and social aspects.
The Psychology course prepares the future professional to act in the search for people’s well-being and mental health, in the clinical, school, organizational, institutional and community areas.
It offers students the theoretical knowledge of the area, through creative pedagogical resources, professional initiation, through internships, and initiation in research through the Center for Studies and Research in Psychology.
The internships, mandatory and always supervised, prioritize actions that meet the needs of the community in which the course is inserted.
Anyone will have met people who cannot feel pleasure or are insensitive to situations once considered rewarding. Perhaps we too have gone through similar periods; and we met, or clashed, with …
The Assertive Training normally consists of 8-12 sessions of about two hours each (preferably in a group, max 10/12 participants but it is also possible on an individual level) and includes a …
Premature Ejaculation , according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM 5), is part of male sexual dysfunction . Although the diagnostic criteria report the need for the episodes to last …
The D isturbo avoidant / restrictive of food intake ( ARFID ) is included in the DSM-5 in the category of disorders of Nutrition and Food. It replaces the diagnosis of Childhood or Early Adolescent Nutrition …
Read more.ARFID: selectivity or avoidance of food in children
Talking about aggression is not easy, as it is a polysemic and multifactorial concept. The meanings are really many, so much so that in the literature we find more than 250 different definitions …
Read more.Aggression: forms, causes and methods of management
The ability to make and receive criticism is one of the essential elements of assertive communication. As A. Lazarus said “Expressing a criticism is difficult, but not impossible”. First of all, it …
Read more.Assertive communication: making and receiving criticism
In the current Statistical Diagnostic Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5, APA 2013), the Depersonalization and Derealization Disorder (DDD) is inserted within the Dissociative Disorders. It consists of an altered state of self-awareness that results …
Read more.Depersonalization and derealization: dissociative symptoms