CÁTIA MAGALHAES

UNIVERSITY OF LISBON. PORTUGAL

Cátia Magalhães,  Adjunct Professor at the Department of Psychology and Educational Sciences at the Education School, at the Polytechnic Institute of Viseu (IPV). PhD in Social Sciences – University of Lisbon, in collaboration with the Department of Education and Health Promotion at the University of Utah. Post-Doc in Health Education, FMH-Univ of Lisbon. Degree in Psychology from the University of Coimbra. Specialization in Clinical and Health Psychology and in Social/Community Psychology by the Portuguese Psychologists Association. Postgraduate in Psychology, Psychiatry and Child Abuse from the Faculty of Medicine of the Univ. from Lisbon. She is a researcher at CI & DEI-IPV and ISAMB (Faculty of Medicine at Univ of Lisbon).

Her areas of research include drug prevention, cross-cultural research, evidence based parenting interventions and prevention and promotion of mental health in children and youth with a focus on mindful-compassion approach.