The caregiver support consultation can be applied to individuals who are responsible for people with disabilities and physical and mental illnesses in an intensive manner. Continued care often causes doubts, emotional exhaustion, and negative feelings, such as distress and fears, ultimately negatively affecting the caregiver’s health and
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Vocational orientation allows the analysis of the interests, personality and competences of the individual, in order to provide indications regarding academic and professional path, as well as deepening a personal path. The choice for school path often occurs in the 9th year, that is, when the adolescent
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Forensic psychological evaluation in criminal procedures is intended to analyse the psychology of adults and minors, as witnesses and agents of crime. How can forensic psychological evaluation help? The psychological evaluation is carried out in five consultations and may include the production of a forensic expert report
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Forensic psychological evaluation in civil procedure is intended to evaluate the psychological performance of the child (child or young person), regarding their symptoms, personality and emotional and intellectual aspects, more precisely in relation to the parental responsibility, development and residence of the minor, mistreatment, violence, sexual abuse
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Occupational stress usually occurs in the individual’s workspace and may lead to intense and continuous physical and psychological instability. It can be caused by a variety of reasons: pressure at work, long work hours, dissatisfaction with work, unpleasant relationships with bosses and colleagues, delayed payments, among others.
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The experience of LGBT individuals may include discrimination and difficulties in affirming their identity, in family relationships and integration with others, which can have negative physiological and psychological effects. LGBT individuals may be subject to hate, stigma, discouragement and misunderstanding. There may be objective and material consequences.
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Sexual difficulties that are not clear to an individual may affect their sexual desire, sexual expression and intimacy of the individual or dyad. The lack of ability to associate sexuality with affectivity can also provoke and prolong a sexual problem, which in turn can influence the individual’s
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Pregnancy, parenthood and puerperium are periods of significant physical and psychological transformation and challenges for the mother, for both parents, and for the extended family. Parenting is a process of giving birth to a mother and father, where attachment allows for affective development. Based on the ties
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Generating a child can be very important for the self-concept of parents and for the consolidation of family relationships. However, there may also be is a negative impact, when the decision to have children is not followed by idealized physical performance. The couple or one of the
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Bulimia is a relatively frequent eating disorder. This problem arises when a large amount of food is ingested and then followed by a feeling of fear of getting fatter, which leads later to elimination behaviours of ingested food, such as the induction of vomiting, intense physical activity,
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Other food problems are signalled by significant and long-lasting changes in eating behaviour. People with anorexia nervosa present a distorted vision of their body shape and weight (for example young female). These individuals may see their body as aesthetically inappropriate, but in reality, this perception does not
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Obesity is in addition to being overweight, a pathology defined by a amount of body weight disproportionate to the individual’s structure. The evolution of obesity may be related to family genetics, poor diet, absence of physical exercise, sedentary lifestyle, medication intake, emotional and psychological causes, metabolic alterations
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When an individual is subjected to intense emotional and traumatic situations —such as assault, rape, torture, war, vehicular accident, accidents at work or natural disasters— these may lead to trauma, with the experience of fear, anxiety or horror. The individual may experience paralyzing fear, persistent re-experiencing of
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Anxiety can be triggered by environmental, biological, genetic and psychological aspects, and may be present along with depression. Some circumstances can lead to anxiety, such as: continued stress, traumatic experiences both in childhood and adulthood, substance intake (e.g., drugs, alcohol, and smoking) and personality traits (e.g., perfectionism
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Symptoms of depression may include discouragement, hopelessness, demotivation, anguish, sadness, irritation, frustration, worry, guilt, apathy, impotence, and revolt, and may be a result of the individual’s past traumatic experiences. Enthusiasm and enjoyment of the activities he or she performs may be diminished or simply cease to exist.
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