Psychology
Clinical Psychology and Health
Psychosomatics
Clinical hypnosis
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Psychological support for depression, anxiety, personality disorders, impulsivity, phobias, infertility, sexual dysfunction, loss and bereavement, sleep disorders, obsessions and compulsions, psychosomatics, obesity, stress, smoking, trauma.
Degree in Psychology, specializing in Clinical and Health Psychology
Bachelor’s degree in Biology, field of Scientific Research
Postgraduate in Hypnosis and Altered States of Consciousness
Training in Mindfulness for Stress Reduction and Emotional Development (MBSR)
Aerobic exercise improves central blood pressure and blood pressure variability in patients with resistant hypertension: results of the EnRicH trial. Hypertens Res February 22, 2023. is what I: 10.1038 / s41440-023-01229-7.
Effect of exercise training on ambulatory blood pressure in patients with resistant hypertension: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA Cardiol. November 1, 2021;6(11):1317-1323. is what I: 10.1001/jamacardio.2021.2735. 303.
Prognostic significance of ambulatory arterial stiffness index in hypertensive patients followed for 8.2 years: its relation to new events and cardiovascular risk estimation. Reverend Port Cardiol. 2010 Sep;29(9):1287- High salt intake is associated with a higher risk of cardiovascular events: a 7.2-year evaluation of a cohort of hypertensive patients. Tensiometer. 2016 October ;21(5):301-6.doi: 10.1097/MBP.00000000000000205.
Portuguese Order of Psychologists, nº 8278
EuroPsy Certificate in Psychology, approved by EFPA on July 10, 2011
May 2009: Bial Prize (13th edition), Honorable Mention, awarded to the research work in which I am co-author: “Valeur diagnostique et analyse coût/bénéfice de la surveillance ambulatoire de la pression artérielle 24 heures sur 24 dans les soins de santé primaires au S. Centre de Santé João – Porto”.
May 2009: Poster entitled “Prognostic Accuracy of Ambulatory Blood Pressure in Treated Hypertensive Subjects. A 8,2 Years of Follow-Up” was selected with special recognition at the 2009 Annual Scientific Meeting – American Society of Hypertension .
April 2009: Best Poster Award at the IV Luso-Brazilian Forum of Consiliary/Liaison and Psychosomatic Psychiatrists (Hotel Ipanema Park – Porto). Presentation of poster entitled “Relationship between office blood pressure and optimism, stress, anxiety and depression in normotensive, hypertensive and white-coat hypertensive subjects”.