Master’s Degree in Social and Cultural Psychiatry

The work developed by a student during one academic year, according to the indicative plan of the course and on a full time basis, totals 60 ECTS.

General Objectives of the Course
With this course the student will be able:
- To know the historical path and the most important conceptual references of the Social and Cultural Psychiatry.
- To contextualize the stress factors and the coping strategies in a dialectic relation with the cultural and social factors.
- To understand the suicidal behaviours associated with the history and the geography of the societies and cultures.
- Through a critical and constructive point of view, to recognize the multiple psychiatric diagnosis at the moment.
- To explore the arguments related with the memory and trauma, especially in what concerns social and cultural aspects.
- To underline the importance of the social stigma associated with mental disease over time and the best ways of addressing it.
- To know the basic history of Portuguese Psychiatry.
- To understand significant perceptions about health and disease sociology, regarding social determinants and the impact of social inequality on a global level.
- To understand the concepts related with the somatization process and negative cultural languages, as well as the potential effects of the migratory process in the mental health of those populations, in a sociological and anthropological perspective.
- To know the most important data of social and cultural epidemiology associated with health and diseases.
- To use and verify the importance of quantitative and qualitative methods used in the process of research.
- To understand the importance and impact of early adversity experiences during the individual course of life.
- To investigate a critical vision of biomedicine through an anthropological perspective.
- To know and critically analyze the present and past studies about happiness and subjective well-being, as well as its conclusions.
- To show the importance of spirituality and religion associated with individual and collective suffering.
- To understand the importance of social suffering and violence in modern societies.
- To understand the appearance of new identities within a world of global circulation of all information.
- To understand sexuality and sexual behaviors associated with history, society and culture.
- To understand the therapeutic processes related with diversity and complexity, giving importance to communicating and cultural competences.
- To show the connection between places, health and quality of life.

Admission Requirements

The applicants should have a degree in Medicine, Psychology, Social Work, Nursing, Sociology, Anthropology and Nursing or other related degrees considered relevant by the Scientific Council FMUC.
Candidates should check the admission requirements available on this site, in addition to the information provided here.

Professional Goals

The MSc in Social and Cultural Psychiatry aims at creating conditions that allow for the development of a diversified training, providing students with skills in Psychiatry. This program also aims at promoting higher levels of professional exercise and scientific research across the different areas included thereof.

APPLICATIONS 2024/2025 - DO NOT OPEN APPLICATIONS

Team

Ana Filipa Queiroz;Anselmo Borges; António Macedo; Alte da Veiga; Amélia Augusto;Ana Roqu e Dantas; António Barbosa; Carlos Braz Saraiva; Cristina Canavarro; Duarte Nuno Vieira; Elsa Lechner; Gabriela Moita; Helena Nogueira; Isabel Alberto;Isabel Freire;Jeni Canha; João Gouveia Monteiro;João Vasconcelos; Joaquim Cerejeira; José Manuel Mendes; José Morgado Pereira; Luís Quintais; Luísa Sales; Manuel Quartilho; Marco Pereira; Mariana Moura Ramos; Monteiro Ferreira; Paula Gil; Pedro Góis; Pedro Moura Ferreira; Pio Abreu; Renato Miguel do Carmo; Rita Alcaire; Sílvia Portugal; Susana Renca; Tiago Pires Marques; Vítor Santos; Vítor Rodrigues

Local

Subunidade 3 do Pólo III, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Coimbra

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