REASONING AND CLINICAL JUDGMENT IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY (OCD) HUM578
Description
The research group Reasoning and Clinical Judgment in Clinical Psychology (OCD) of the Department of Personality, Assessment and Psychological Treatment at the University of Malaga is composed of highly qualified scientists (all of them PhD) in the area of clinical psychology. In addition, this group has more than 20 years of experience in analysis and evaluation of clinical reasoning processes and obsessive-compulsive disorders (OCD). At present, its research topics are focused on study and creation of effective psychological treatments for the improvement of patients suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder and anxiety disorders, and in the study of emotional processing of these patients and other individuals with physical and sensory disabilities.
Research Topics
- Cognitive-behavioural treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorders.
- Relationship between cognition, anxiety and obsession.
- Psychological models of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
- Clinical reasoning.
- Emotional processing in obsessive-compulsive disorder.
- Processing of emotional, visual and auditory stimuli.
- Anxiety disorders in children and adolescents.
Scientific-Technical Services
- Processing of emotional stimuli in disabled persons.
- Development of an instrument with obsessivecompulsive stimuli.
- Development of clinical assessment tools for anxiety disorders.
- Psychological marketable tests.
- Educational Storybook Series about Common Problems in Early Childhood.
Key areas
health psychologyContact
Main Researcher: MARIA PILAR COBOS ALVAREZ
PAI Reference: HUM578