3 new professional accreditations for psychologists 05/07/17 The Consejo General de la Psicología de España (COP) has been working for years in the implantation of professional and training accreditations, with the aim of guaranteeing minimum quality standards...[Read more]
Brain mapping neurosurgery with the patient awake: contributions of neuropsychology 22/02/17 On Friday 24 February at 12:00 at the Assembly Hall of the Faculty of Psychology of the UV, the neuropsychologist Raul Espert will give a conference where he will explain the roll that plays the...[Read more]
5 questions on the figure of General Health Psychologists 25/01/17 The launching of the regulation of Health Psychology has raised some questions. Here, we try to answer to some of them with the objective of clarifying the possible existing doubts regarding the...[Read more]
Is there a risk of recidivism when it comes to male violence in partner relationships? 25/01/17 The academics Marisol Lila, Amparo Oliver, María Victoria Lorenzo y Alba Catalá, who belong to the faculty of the Universitat de València analyse in their study: “Valuation of the risk of relapse...[Read more]
Envelliment actiu en persones amb TEA 11/01/17 Junt amb el progressiu augment que hi ha hagut en els últims anys respecte a l'esperança de vida als països desenvolupats, també s’ha donat un major increment de la incidència de malalties associades...[Read more]
Reptes als quals s’enfronta la psicologia en el tractament amb homes condemnats per violència de gènere 01/12/16 Amb l’objectiu d’analitzar els aspectes importants a considerar en la intervenció grupal que es realitza en els programes psico-educatius dirigits a aquells homes que han sigut condemnats per un...[Read more]
Estils de vida saludables: motivació, necessitats i context social 26/11/16 Lorena González, Doctora en Psicologia de la Salut, membre de la Unitat d’Investigació de la Psicologia de l’Esport de la Universitat de València (UIPD) i actualment professora en la Facultat de...[Read more]
Programes d’intervenció amb maltractadors 25/11/16 Amb l’objectiu de commemorar, hui divendres 25 de novembre, el Dia Internacional Contra la Violència Masclista, hem volgut preparar un post sobre els programes que existeixen d’intervenció amb...[Read more]
Evolució mèdica respecte als trastorns de la conducta alimentària 22/11/16 Des de la primera conferència internacional sobre trastorns de conducta alimentària (TCA), celebrada als anys 70, fins a l’actualitat; les ciències mèdiques han evolucionat sorprenentment. En les...[Read more]
History of addictions is connected to human history 17/11/16 The use of psychoactive substances is a cultural practice existing since the dawn of time. This habit is very rooted to our understanding of life. Every society’s drug use helps understand the...[Read more]
Mindfulness begins at home: it is a personal and subjective experience 27/09/16 In this post we want to explain what is and how beneficial is for out mental health Mindfulness, taking advantage of the fact that in the Master’s Degree of General Health Psychology is given a...[Read more]
External Work Placements of the Master’s Degree: Applications and Deadlines 21/09/16 On Thursday 15 September at 12:00 h. in the Events Hall of the Faculty of Psychology took place a briefing for second year students on the external practices of the Master’s Degree in General Health...[Read more]
Protection and risk factors: complicated grief 14/09/16 Following the topic of the last post “Psychological treatment to cope with the “mourning”, in this occasion we want to analyse in-depth which would be the protection and risk factors that permit to...[Read more]
Psychological treatment to cope with the “mourning” 12/09/16 The catastrophe which took place 24 Aug 2016 in Amatrice (in the centre of Italy) is widely known. Over 250 people died because of a 6 magnitude earthquake and several subsequent ones. The events...[Read more]
All about the Promoting Adolescent Physical Activity (PAPA) 22/07/16 As we already advanced in the posts “Promotion of Wellbeing and Healthy Lifestyles” and “Research Unit in Psychology of Sports (UIPD) and Motivational Climate”, the PAPA is a programme focused on the...[Read more]
Research Unit in Psychology of Sports (UIPD) and motivational climate 20/07/16 Despite the general belief regarding the fact that participating in some sport improves the wellbeing, according to Isabel Balaguer, researchers who have studied the effect of such participation have...[Read more]
An education for emancipation 15/07/16 The authors of the article analyse the importance of higher education for elderly people. For them, “constructive ageing” is a specific concept of teaching and learning processes that do not have why...[Read more]
Counselling: a path towards a more human communication between health workers and patients 12/07/16 It is a practice used hurt patients as little as possible during their care by counting with an appropriate coordination between knowledge, abilities and attitudes on the side of health workers, with...[Read more]