University of Coimbra, Portugal

New developments in the conceptualization and treatment of anxiety and depression in adolescents

In this symposium studies will be presented related to test anxiety, social anxiety and depression, with an attempt to contribute to the progress in these areas of research, relating these issues to other more current and less frequent issues, but equally important, for a more comprehensive and effective approach. In the first speech, Dr. Salvador (Portugal) will present a study on test anxiety and perfectionism, which analyses the role played by self-criticism and self-pity in this relationship. In the second presentation, Dr. Mar Díaz-Castella (Spain) will give a speech on the relation between social anxiety disorder and the perception of parents’ style of upbringing. In the third presentation, Dr. Lourdes Espinosa-Fernández give a presentation on the relation between a family environment with high expressed emotion and adolescents´ perception towards their parents’ style of upbringing. Lastly, in the fourth presentation, Dr. Ana Paula Matos will present the results from the implementation of two programmes to prevent depression in adolescents. 

Profª Céu Salvador received her doctorate from the University of Coimbra, where she is presently teaching as Professor of CBT with children and adolescents, researching and supervising CBT training. Her main interest and research focus on assessment, conceptualization and treatment of social anxiety disorder in adolescents and adults, and third generation therapies. She is also a clinical psychologist and Clinical Director of the Psikontacto Clinic – a centre for clinical training and clinical intervention. She is accredited as a psychotherapist and supervisor by the Portuguese Association for Behavioral Therapies and as schema focused therapist by the International Society for Schema Therapy.