Team

• Full Professor of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra;

• Head of the Institute of Psychological Medicine, University of Coimbra;

• Head of the Male Inpatient Unit, Psychiatric Clinic, Coimbra Hospital and University Centre.

• Head of the OCD treatment Unit

• Head of the Neuromodulation/TMS treatment Unit

• Coordinator, Psychiatry Research: Molecular Genetics Studies of Complex Disorders, Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Coimbra, Portugal

• Affiliated Professor of Oporto Faculty of Medicine, Portugal

• Affiliated Professor of Barbacena Faculty of Medicine, Brasil

Link Orcid: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2180-2718
Link Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Antonio_Macedo4
H ÍNDEX: 32 (Scopus)
Researcher ID: M-5737-2013
Scopus Author ID: 7101906722
CiênciaVitae: cienciavitae.pt/B017-1716-9AF8

Publications: over 300 international publications in peer-reviewed journals, 8 books; 39 chapters in nacional books, 14 chapters in international books

Research interests: Neurobiology of mental illness/biomarkers; OCD; eating disorders; personality and emotion regulation; perinatal affective disorders; psychometrics and psychological assessment scales; diagnostic instruments and methdologies.

TEACHING POSITIONS
Coordinator of the following teaching units:
1. Medical Psychology (Medicine)
Year/semester: 3rd Year/ 1st and 2nd Semester
ECTS credits: 3
2. Neurociences and Mental Health (Medicine)
Year/semester: 4th Year/ 1st and 2nd Semester
ECTS credits: 9

Biographical note

• Assistant Researcher at the Institute of Psychological Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra

• Integrated member at CIBIT - Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research

• Academic training: Degree in Psychology, specialization in Cognitive-Behavioral Psychology Clinical at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences at the University of Coimbra (FPCEUC, 2002); Master's Degree in Psychological Assessment (FPCEUC, 2005); PhD in Biomedical Sciences at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra

Research: Member and coordinator of several research projects; Principal Investigator of five projects funded in competitive calls.
Main research areas: Personality (mainly perfectionism), emotional (de)regulation and (mental) health; Perinatal mental health; Eating and other obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders; Burnout; Psychometry.
Publications: More than 60 articles published (in Scopus and in the WOS/Core Collection) in indexed international journals; 215 abstracts published (in the WOS/Core Collection) in indexed international journals; 4 books; 8 chapters in international books; 35 chapters in national books, 23 of which in books she coordinated.
Teaching: Coordinator of the following teaching units:
In Dentistry: Introduction to Psychology (1st year, 1st semester); Communication and Relational Techniques in Health (3rd year, 2nd semester); Psychopathology of Clinical Unit 5 (4th year, 1st semester);
In Medicine: OPTIONAL Communication in Medicine - Methods and Contexts
In the Master in Occupational Health: Psychology and Social Sciences of Work (2nd semester)
In the Postgraduation in Pain Medicine: Non-Pharmacological Pain Treatment
In the Specialization Course in Clinical Nutrition: Eating Behavior - From normal to pathological
In addition to those mentioned in the previous point, she collaborates in the following teaching units:
In Medicine: UC Medical Psychology, UC Neurosciences and Mental Health, UC OPTIONAL Adolescent Medicine
In the Master in Molecular and Translational Neurosciences: Neurodevelopmental Diseases, Psychiatry and Mental Health

Scopus Author ID: 16837312000
ResearcherID: M-6635-2013
Ciência ID: 6610-0D56-9709
H ÍNDEX: 19

Biographical sketch
She is a clinical psychologist and senior technician-researcher at the Department of Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Portugal (DPM-FMUC).
She has a master degree in Psychology, in the specialization area of Psychological Assessment, from de Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, University of Coimbra.
She worked in the area of special education (in the Azores Special Education Centre, Horta, Faial, Azores and in the Azores Special Education Team, also in Horta) and in the area of drug prevention and treatment (Gabinet for Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment, in Macau, South China), as a clinical psychologist.
She has been working at the Department of Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra (DPM-FMUC) since 1995, in the supervision of master's theses and in multiple research projects developed at DPM-FMUC, as a member of the team or as a principal researcher.
She is author/co-author of several national and international publications, including posters, articles, scientific books and book chapters.
Research topics: Psychiatric Genetics of Psychosis, Psychiatric Diagnostic Assessment, Psychological Assessment, Adaptation and validation of psychological assessment instruments, Mental health, Perinatal mental health, Well-being, Quality of life, Stigma, Suicidality, Affective disorders and schizophrenia, Eating disordered behaviours, Sleep, Personality, Stress, Emotion, Processes of cognitive and emotion regulation, Statistics applied to

ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-4674-1045

Sandra Carvalho Bos holds a Degree in Psychology, field of Work and Organizational Psychology, a Master degree in Psychology, specialization in Cognitive-Behavioral and Systemic Clinical Psychology, from the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Coimbra, Portugal and a Ph.D. in the field of Chronobiology and Sleep from the Research Institute for Sports and Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom. Postdoctoral activities were carried out at the Institute of Medical Psychology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra (2003-2006) where she is currently a researcher.
Her scientific research is focused on the relationship between activity, sleep, psychological factors (personality, emotional regulation and cognitions) and well-being throughout the life cycle. She is interested in objective and non-invasive methods of measuring sleep, as actiwatches or smartwatches, and adaptation and validation of questionnaires to Portugal. In this field of research, she has been involved as responsible researcher or team member of scientific projects and collaborating in pedagogical activity co-supervising integrated master, master and doctoral students.

Ana Araújo is an Invited Lecturer at the Institute of Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medicine - University of Coimbra, where she lectures medical undergraduates and has been participating in research projects.
She is currently a PhD student of the Doctoral Programme in Health Sciences by the Faculty of Medicine - University of Coimbra, and a researcher fellow at the Technology and Science Foundation. Her special interests in investigation are the neurobiological underpinnings of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, with the aim of identifying potential biomarkers.
She is completing his specialty training in Psychiatry at Coimbra Hospital and University Centre (CHUC) where he is currently developing clinical activity in the Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Adult Neurodevelopmental Outpatient Units
Research Topics: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (subtyping, comorbidity, course); Neurodevelopmental Disorders; Cognitive Neuroscience; Neurobiology of Mental Illness; Psychological Medicine; E-Health

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8407-5821
CIÊNCIA ID: 811A-9501-15A5

Master degree in Medicine by the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Coimbra (FMUC), having completed her master thesis in Medical Psychology, in collaboration with the Institute of Medical Psychology (IPM).
Psychiatry trainee at Coimbra Hospital and University Centre (CHUC).
Invited Lecturer at IPM of FMUC, participating on research projects.
Research Topics: Psychosis and Schizophrenia; Bipolar Disorder; Eating Disorders; Clinical Sexology

ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4301-4763

Master in Medicine from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Coimbra, with a thesis in translational research and optional training in Investigation.
Psychiatry trainee at the Integrated Psychiatry Responsibility Center of the Coimbra Hospital and University Center.
Invited lecturer at the Institute of Medical Psychology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra.
Collaboration as a researcher at the Institute of Medical Psychology.
Member of Early Intervention in Mental Health (IEPA).
Areas of interest: Neurobiomolecular and translational investigation of psychiatric diseases; Liaison psychiatry; Personality disorders; Early intervention in mental health; Psychosis and schizophrenia; Behavioral addictions

Science ID 3F1B-AF86-478B
ORCID iD 0000-0003-4706-1276

PhD candidate at Doctoral Programme in Health Science in Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra (FMUC). Master Degree in Medicine by FMUC (2017). Completed her Master thesis – “The role of Perfectionism and Dark Traits in Emotional Intelligence” – in the field of Psyschological Medicine, advisored by Professor António Macedo and Professor Ana Telma Pereira. Since then, her interest and dedication over Psychological Medicine have been increasing. She completed her General Training of Medical Residency in Centro Hospitalar de Entre o Douro e Vouga (2018), and, in January of 2019, she started her Specialized Training in Psychiatry at Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra (CHUC).
Carolina is an invited lecturer at the Institute of Psychological Medicine (IPM). She also co-coordinates the scientific supervision of pre-graduate master thesis, mainly in the fields of personality, emotional regulation and mental illness related stigma. She’s currently one of two national coordinators (together with Ana Telma Pereira, PhD) of an ongoing European study about the stigmatizing attitudes of psychiatrists towards their patients. She is the principal investigator and co-investigator in various research projects at IPM. She has also been giving her contribute to the development and validation of psychological assessment tools.
Her main research interests are the study of mental illness related stigma, personality and obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders.
Current research interests: Mental illness related stigma; Mental health literacy; Personality (Perfectionism and Dark Traits), Emotional Regulation and Health; Help seeking behaviour and Illness behaviour ; Obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders; Psycometrics and psychological assessment tools

Psychiatry Resident at Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra (CHUC). Invited lecturer of the Curricular Unit of Medical Psychology.
Advanced Post-University Specialization in Cognitive-Behavioral Psychotherapies. Advanced Specialization in Suicide and Self-Injurious Behaviors. Interpersonal Psychotherapy Course (Level A). Continuing Training Course in Motivational Interviewing.
Master Degree in Medicine by Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto (FMUP) in 2017. Completed her Master Thesis under the guidance of Professor Lia Fernandes in the scientific area of Psychiatry: "Cognitive changes in Late-Life Depression”. Completed her General Training of Medical Residency in Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra (2018) and, in January 2021, started Residency in Psychiatry at CHUC, which is still ongoing.
At the same time, she attended the Degree in Music (Transverse Flute) at Escola Superior de Música e Artes do Espectáculo (ESMAE), which she concluded in 2016. She continued on to the Master in Music Teaching, having presented the thesis project in “Anxiety in Performance” – a challenge to be completed, in the medium term.
In order to reconcile the two areas of interest, she trained in Benenzon Model of Music Therapy and Non-Verbal Therapy (6 levels), having even completed one of the levels with the model's mentor himself, the psychiatrist and musician Rolando Omar Benenzon.
In this way, her main areas of interest cover topics such as: Anxiety disorders; Performance anxiety; Music therapy and other psychotherapies, especially involving arts; Stigma associated with mental illness.

Invited lecturer of the curricular unit of Medical Psychology at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Coimbra.
Master’s degree in Medicine from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, currently a Psychiatry resident at the Integrated Psychiatry Responsibility Centre of the Coimbra Hospital and University Centre.
PhD in Neuroscience student at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto.
Research collaborator at the Institute of Medical Psychology.

Invited lecturer of the curricular unit of Medical Psychology at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Coimbra.
Master’s degree in Medicine from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Coimbra, currently a Psychiatry resident at the Integrated Psychiatry Responsibility Centre of the Coimbra Hospital and University Centre.
Research collaborator at the Institute of Medical Psychology.

Maria João Brito is an invited lecturer, teaching and research assistant in the Institute of Medical Psychology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra since 2021.
She has a master’s degree in Medicine since 2018 and is currently employed as a Psychiatry Trainee in Coimbra University Hospital Centre, being a part of the Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Non-Invasive Neurostimulation Units.
Additionally, she is currently pursuing a second master’s degree in Health Management and Economics at the Faculty of Economics, University of Coimbra.

Master’s degree in medicine by the School of Medicine, University of Minho (EMUM), completed in 2017. After conclusion of the General Training of Medical Residency in Hospital Santa Maria Maior, Barcelos, he started his Specialized Training in Psychiatry at Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Coimbra (CHUC).
Currently, he is an invited lecturer at the Institute of Psychological Medicine in the Faculty of Medicine – University of Coimbra.
Research interests: Critical Thinking; Mental Health Stigma; Burnout; Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder; Emotional Regulation

Miguel Bajouco (b. 1981, Coimbra) is a consultant psychiatrist at the Psychosis Unit and Early Intervention in Psychosis team of the Department of Psychiatry at Coimbra Hospital and University Centre (CHUC).
Graduated (2008) and Master in Medicine by FMUC (2010), he specialized in Psychiatry (2011-2016) at CHUC (Sobral Cid Psychiatric Hospital and Coimbra University Hospital) and at the prestigious Maudsley Hospital in London, where in 2014 he held a position as Honorary Psychiatrist in the early intervention in psychosis team - OASIS. At the same time he was also a Visiting Researcher in the Department of Psychosis at the Institute of Psychiatry at King's College London.
His clinical practice is comprehensive, including different psychiatric disorders, but with a special interest in schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders.
At the academic level, he is Invited Lecturer of Medical Psychology and Neurosciences and Mental Health at FMUC.
He is a PhD student and clinical researcher at the Institute of Psychological Medicine of FMUC and at CIBIT (Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research), aiming to discover biomarkers of treatment response in Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders using brain imaging techniques such as PET and fMRI associated with Artificial Intelligence techniques.
He is author or co-author of several book chapters and scientific articles in international peer-review journals. He received several national and international scientific awards, including the D. Manuel de Mello Scholarship (most important research award for young doctors in Portugal) for his PhD project Multimodal neuroimaging in First Episode Psychosis: the quest for biomarkers of treatment response (INSPIRE: NeuroImagiNg FirSt PsychosIs TReatmEnt).

Assistant Professor at the Institute of Psychological Medicine (IPM) of the Faculty of Medicine – University of Coimbra (https://www.uc.pt/en/fmuc), where he has been teaching since 2012, besides participating in IPM’s research activities.
Besides other national and international research collaborations, NM is an integrated member of the Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research – CIBIT (https://www.uc.pt/en/uid/cibit).
Psychiatry Consultant at the Coimbra Hospital and University Centre (https://www.chuc.min-saude.pt/) where he leads clinical teams of Early Intervention in Psychosis, Neurodevelopmental Disorders and Youth Mental Health.
Clinical and research interests: Psychosis and Schizophrenia; Bipolar Disorder; Neurobiology of Mental Disorders; Neuroimaging in Mental Disorders; Social Cognition and Social Psychology; Suicide and Suicidal Behaviors.

Personal page: https://apps.uc.pt/mypage/faculty/uc41245/en
ORCID ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5009-8841
ResearcherID: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/L-2750-2013
Researchgate: http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nuno_Madeira
CiênciaVitae: https://www.cienciavitae.pt/D014-C892-D57F

Psychologist with master degree in clinical and health psychology (cognitive-behavioral interventions) from the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Coimbra (FPESUC). She is a PhD student in the Center for Research in Neuropsychology and Cognitive Behavioral Intervention (CINEICC) of the FPSUC. The research project “The neural basis of self­criticism and self­compassion in eating disorders: The role of an integrative intervention approach on neuroplasticity”, funded by the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, is a collaboration with the Institute of Nuclear Sciences Applied to Health and the Institute of Psychological Medicine. Collaborates in several research projects of the Institute of Psychological Medicine and co-supervise theses from the Integrated Master degree in Medicine.
Research Topics: Cognitive-behavioral therapy; Mindfulness; Acceptance and Commitment Therapy; Compassion Focused Therapy; Eating disorders; Depressive and anxiety disorders

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9594-9352
https://www.cienciavitae.pt/portal/2E15-E571-C0D8
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Cristiana_Marques5

Biographical Sketch
Invited Lecturer at the Institute of Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medicine - University of Coimbra, where she also collaborates as a researcher.
Psychiatry trainee at the Coimbra Hospital and University Center.
Vice President of the Portuguese Association of Psychiatry Trainees for the biennium 2021-2022.
Areas of interest: Perinatal Mental Health, Bipolar Disorder; Psychosis and Schizophrenia; Personality and Emotional and Cognitive Regulation
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0249-1603