Applied Psychological Services Research Articles

Subjectivity and Constitution of the Subject in the Cultural-Historical Clinic: An Experience Report

Cultural-Historical Psychology, developed by Lev S. Vygotsky, is a complex theory which responds to contemporary clinical needs, since it considers social relations and subjectivity as a historical process. This experience report aims to point out the clinical paths built and carried out with a patient from the Applied Psychology Service (APS) of a public university in the state of Ceará, during a Cultural-Historical psychotherapy process. All ethical procedures were followed and this study was based on a qualitative perspective in psychology, and also, case study was used as a methodological approach, considering that it allows greater detail and deepening about the studied object. From the studied case and the interventions carried out by the psychologist, changes were noticed in both the patient’s subjective dynamics and his way of life, as a result of the psychotherapeutic mediation on the mentioned approach. Thus, the present article is among the few clinical studies about Cultural-Historical Psychology, adding up to the greater promotion and production in this field.

Eficacia de una Intervención Psicológica Breve en Línea Durante el Confinamiento por COVID-19

El objetivo de este estudio fue evaluar la eficacia de la intervención psicológica en línea ofrecida a los usuarios por el Servicio de Psicología Aplicada durante el período de alerta sanitaria decretado por la COVID-19. Adicionalmente, se cuantificó la satisfacción y eficacia percibida por el usuario, después de dicha intervención.
 Se incluyeron 60 adultos (70.4%, mujeres) con una edad promedio de 41.49 años. Los instrumentos que se utilizaron pre y post-intervención fueron las versiones abreviadas del Listado de Síntomas (SA-45), la medida de resultados clínicos (CORE-OM), el Inventario de Afrontamiento (COPE-28) y la Escala de Resiliencia de Connor-Davidson (CD-RISK). El Cuestionario de Satisfacción del Cliente (CSQ-8) y la Percepción percibida de la eficacia de la intervención fueron cumplimentados después de finalizada la intervención. Este dispositivo fue diseñado con los objetivos de disminuir la sintomatología inicial mediante psicoeducación y ejercicios breves de regulación para potenciar las estrategias positivas de afrontamiento y resiliencia. Los resultados mostraron una disminución significativa (p < .05) de la sintomatología inicial, en todas las dimensiones analizadas y una mejoría de las estrategias de afrontamiento y resiliencia. Además, se observaron puntuaciones globales elevadas en la satisfacción y eficacia percibida por el usuario. En conclusión, nuestros resultados apuntan hacia una elevada eficacia de la intervención breve en línea en situaciones de confinamiento.

Contribuições do serviço de orientação profissional para a formação do psicólogo

Este artigo tem como objetivo descrever o Serviço de Orientação Profissional (SOP), ofertado a estudantes do Ensino Médio, cursinhos pré-vestibular e EJA, com a finalidade de destacar a sua importância na formação de graduandos em Psicologia, bem como fortalecer o Serviço de Psicologia Aplicada (SPA) como espaço de formação e cuidado em saúde mental. As reflexões apresentadas são resultado da análise atual das psicólogas que trabalharam como extensionistas no ano de 2014 e da supervisora do projeto, a partir da releitura dos relatórios produzidos na época. No ano em questão, o projeto foi divulgado em 10 instituições de ensino públicas e 7 privadas do município de Jataí. Em seguida, foram realizadas entrevistas individuais de triagem, sendo os participantes organizados em 4 grupos, realizados em dias e horários diferentes. Cada grupo iniciou os atendimentos com uma média de 15 participantes e era conduzido por duas ou três discentes do curso de Psicologia, que realizaram 10 encontros com duração de duas horas cada. Ao final do processo, realizou-se uma entrevista devolutiva para avaliar o percurso de cada jovem. Cabe apontar que a supervisão deste trabalho acontecia semanalmente, em encontro presencial com as estagiárias, por meio do relatório do trabalho realizado. Os resultados do projeto, para o público alvo, apontaram para a tomada de consciência e aumento da segurança para a escolha, ao comparar as respostas das entrevistas iniciais com as entrevistas devolutivas. Há relatos de que o processo foi uma experiência enriquecedora, possibilitando autoconhecimento, redução da ansiedade e descoberta de habilidades e influências. Para os estudantes do Curso de Psicologia, foi possível enumerar o desenvolvimento das seguintes habilidades técnicas: registro de relatórios psicológicos; raciocínio para estudo de caso e grupal; trabalho em grupo; comunicação social; planejamento e cumprimento de metas. Pessoalmente, foi importante destacar o desenvolvimento da criatividade e flexibilidade, bem como o despertamento do compromisso social e político para a compreensão da comunidade envolvida. Diante desses pontos positivos, cabe pontuar a necessidade de rever a atividade de extensão como um requisito central na grade curricular e não como uma carga horária complementar, bem como justificar o ensino presencial para o curso de Psicologia, que vem enfrentando, junto com outros cursos da área da saúde, um ataque para que haja flexibilização para ensino à distância.

O serviço de psicologia aplicada como campo de formação científica e desenvolvimento das habilidades e competências profissionais: um relato de experiência.

The National Curriculum Guidelines for Psychology courses require the student's skills and competences development. Although the skills and competencies definition to be taught are not consensual, the authors consider that there are basic skills that serve as platforms for the proficient exercise of the profession. Among these skills are those developed by research development practice. Skills and competences such as the authors consider that there are basic skills that serve as platforms for the proficient exercise of the profession. Among these skills are those developed by research development practice. Skills and competences such as observing a phenomenon, formulating questions, searching for bibliography, establishing the best method of intervention and investigation, verifying and reporting the results of the intervention, looks like the key repertoires common to the majority of professional activity fields, which includes clinical psychology. In this scenario, the Applied Psychology Service of the psychology course serves as the field to articulate these relationships in the undergraduate students of Federal University of Jatai. This paper discusses the articulation of these skills and competencies through the experience report in clinical basic and specific internship classes offered by the Behavior Analysis chair of the aforementioned institution.

A tecnologia de gestão coletiva dos sonhos

Since antiquity and in diverse peoples the human mind dreams. The classic methods of approach of dreams Artemidorus and Freud we present the technology of collective management of dreams, inspired by the Warlpiri collective technology (Barbara Glowczewski). Partial results of the survey are presented with 14 participants who report dreams in five weekly meetings, in SPA - Servico de Psicologia Aplicada (Applied Psychology Service) of the Universidade Federal Fluminense. The theoretical approach is given by authors such as Felix Guattari, Gilles Deleuze, Jean-Paul Sartre, Georges Simondon e Michel Foucault. The innovative method elaborated here abandons the search for the truth hidden in dreams and childhood psychological conflicts and embrace the night scene as dramatics creations, what blacks Warlpiri of Australia consider conditions of formation of everything that exists. The research aims to propose collective management of dreams as a technique of activation of the criatives elements of everyday life and method of intervention in the field of subjectivation. The results show that the collective management of dreams is feasible.

Historical-Cultural listening of learning difficulties: multiplicity of experience inhabited in discourse

Esse artigo visa compartilhar acoes realizadas frente a demanda de dificuldades de nao aprendizagem escolar no aspecto de escuta e intervencao a queixa escolar, em criancas atendidas em um Servico de Psicologia Aplicada – SPA de uma IES de Porto Velho/ RO. Foram acompanhadas experimentalmente cinco criancas, ao longo do segundo semestre de 2017. O trabalho avancou ao tentar romper com o olhar de analise clinico institucionalizado e na desconstrucao da queixa escolar com o sujeito, familia e escola. Evidenciou-se que no discurso da queixa escolar muitos significados das tensoes nao possuem sentido individual e a que a consciencia sobre essa relacao emergiu sem laco e com desencontros no discurso anunciado.

Psicoterapia breve psicodinâmica de caso grave de depressão em serviço-escola: limites e alcance

O objetivo deste trabalho foi estudar limites e alcances do atendimento de um caso grave de depressao em servico-escola de Psicologia. Para tanto, foi avaliada a mudanca de um paciente do sexo masculino, adulto, com diagnostico de depressao grave, ao longo do processo de psicoterapia breve psicodinâmica, com duracao de um ano (23 sessoes). Os instrumentos utilizados foram: Inventario de Depressao de Beck, Escala Diagnostica Adaptativa Operacionalizada de Autorrelato e o metodo do Tema Central de Relacionamento Conflituoso. As avaliacoes aconteceram em tres momentos: inicio da psicoterapia, meio do processo e final. Os sintomas de depressao mantiveram-se estaveis nas medidas de inicio e final, com piora apos as ferias. Houve melhora na adequacao das respostas no setor Afetivo- -Relacional, o que mudou a eficacia adaptativa de Ineficaz Grave, no inicio da psicoterapia, para Ineficaz Severa, ao final. Os resultados sao discutidos considerando-se a gravidade do caso e os recursos do paciente e do psicoterapeuta, em contexto institucional.Palavras-chave: psicologia clinica, formacao profissional, avaliacao de mudanca em psicoterapia.

The abuse of people with learning disabilities: What clinical psychology can do to prevent it happening again

This paper presents the response of West Midlands Regional Advisory Committee for Applied Psychological Services to the abuse of people with learning disabilities, highlighted in a recent Panorama programme. The preventative role that clinical psychologists could play is discussed.

Neuropsychological evaluation and cognitive evolution of a bilingual Alzheimer patient

We present the case of a university-educated bilingual (Italian-Spanish) Alzheimer patient aged 61. After a neuropsychological assessment carried out at the Applied Psychology Service of the Faculty of Psychology at the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), an individualized integral cognitive stimulation program was started that lasted three years. The interest of this case lies in the fact that the progress of this patient in the two languages was followed through a series of cognitive tasks (mainly linguistic and categorization). The results show that, as the illness develops, the patient cannot separate both languages and interferences appear. His first language remains intact for a longer period of time, as studies of this type have shown.

Maltrato psicológico: la importancia de su detección a partir de un caso clínico [Psychological maltreatment: The relevance of its detection from a clinical case

The evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of a psychological maltreatment case treated at the Applied Psychology Service of Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia (UNED) are described. The maltreatment facts caused severe depressive and anxious symptoms to the victim, as well as severe intrusive thoughts. This symptomatology became more activated when the patient noticed her husband's infidelity. Difficulties to realise it was a psychological maltreatment case and the aggressor tricks to avoid the victim receives therapy are discussed.

Applied psychological services

Applied psychology interventions have an important role to play in mental and physical health services with offenders and in reducing re‐offending. There has been a significant growth of the evidence on the effectiveness of specific interventions. Barriers still exist to delivering effective psychological interventions.Psychological interventions also have a key role in comprehensive, accessible services with offenders in relation to long‐term disorders as well as co‐morbid problems. Until 2000 offenders were largely excluded from mainstream health and social care provision. Very significant progress has been made in this respect. The provision of mainstream psychological therapies had until recently lagged behind other areas of health care. As a result, Applied Psychology Group (APG) has developed a new strategy, with a shift of emphasis towards strategic development of psychological interventions ‐ away from a primary focus on psychologists, to psychology and its applications.This paper outlines recent developments designed to ensure delivery of high‐quality psychological interventions in Health and Offender Partnerships.

Primary Care Psychology Training on Campus: Collaboration Within a Student Health Center.

Applied psychological services are being implemented into the primary care treatment milieu to improve patient treatment and reduce health care costs. Unfortunately, few psychologists have training specifically oriented to working in this setting. A predoctoral training program wherein psychology graduate students may obtain practicum experience working in a student health center on a university campus is described. The theoretical underpinnings of this training are based on the integrated primary care models of K. Strosahl (1997) and K. Strosahl, N. Baker, M. Braddick, M. Stuart, and M. Handley (1997), which emphasize integration of psychological and medical treatment, brief intervention, consultation, and expedited referral for longer term cases. Though many issues remain, integrated primary care offers promise for improved health care.

Listado de síntomas SCL-90-R: análisis de su comportamiento en una muestra clínica [Symptom check list SCL-90-Revised: Analysis in psychiatric patients

We show the first exploratory results on the Symptom Checklist SCL-90-R used in a clinical sample assessed and treated in the Applied Psychology Service of the UNED. The sample was composed by of 87 subjects (60,9% men and 39,1% women) with a mean age of 36,25 years. Women scored significantly higher in many scales and so did in the tree global severity indexes. On the other hand, there were no differences on age. The results found show apropiate psychometric properties. The instrument is sensitive to changes produced after a psychological intervention but the profiles studied and its relatively concordance with the clinical diagnosis suggest the use of the instrument is more a screening test than a diagnosis.

Modernização urbana e a consolidação da psicologia em Natal - Rio Grande do Norte

Partindo do pressuposto de que a Psicologia, como construção socioistórica, somente pode ser compreendida se remetida às condições histórico-culturais de sua produção, este trabalho teve como objetivo estudar a implantação da Psicologia da cidade de Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, em conexão com o seu processo de modernização urbana. São apresentados e discutidos os três momentos dessa implantação: a introdução das idéias psicológicas e seu impacto no desenvolvimento da escola secundária nos primeiros anos do século XX, a inserção da Psicologia no ensino superior e a consolidação da Psicologia, com a criação dos cursos e serviços de Psicologia.

Tratamiento psicológico del hábito de fumar evaluación de un programa implantado desde el servicio de psicología aplicada de la UNED en un contexto laboral [Psychological treatment of the smoking habit: Evaluation of a program in a working enviroment car

The evaluation of a smoking habit treatment program is presented. It has been carried out in a group of smokers who belonged to the Spanish Army. This program was offered by the Applied Psychology Service (SPA) at the UNED University and presented as a way to learn how to live without smoking. The mean age of the sample was 40,8 years (SD = 8,88). The treatment sessions were carried out once a week during three months, and the duration of each session was 90 minutes approximately. The program was based on the same principles as those taken into consideration in the treatment programmes by Buceta & Lopez de la Llave (1989) and Lopez de la Llave (1995). 6 out of the 7 subjects who fully completed the programme gave up smoking at the first test, whereas the seventh got it at the second attempt, keeping all of them abstinent from then on. The results in the Satisfaction Questionnaire showed a good valuation of the program. It is discussed how the effectiveness of the program is similar to those programmes with the same characteristics, pointing out some of the specific aspects of it.

THE RATIONALE AND APPLICATION OF JOB SUITABILITY AS A BASIS FOR THE EVALUATION OF TRAINING1

Personnel PsychologyVolume 15, Issue 3 p. 261-277 THE RATIONALE AND APPLICATION OF JOB SUITABILITY AS A BASIS FOR THE EVALUATION OF TRAINING1 DOUGLAS G. SCHULTZ, DOUGLAS G. SCHULTZ Applied Psychological Services Wayne, PennsylvaniaSearch for more papers by this authorARTHUR I. SIEGEL, ARTHUR I. SIEGEL Applied Psychological Services Wayne, PennsylvaniaSearch for more papers by this author DOUGLAS G. SCHULTZ, DOUGLAS G. SCHULTZ Applied Psychological Services Wayne, PennsylvaniaSearch for more papers by this authorARTHUR I. SIEGEL, ARTHUR I. SIEGEL Applied Psychological Services Wayne, PennsylvaniaSearch for more papers by this author First published: September 1962 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-6570.1962.tb01621.xCitations: 1 1 This work was performed under Contract Nonr 2279(00) between Applied Psychological Services, Wayne, Pa., and the Personnel and Training Branch, Office of Naval Research. We are indebted to D. Smith, G. Bryan, and J. Nagay, Office of Naval Research, for advice, encouragement, and understanding throughout. We are further indebted to P. Federman, Applied Psychological Services, for many suggestions and insights. AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Citing Literature Volume15, Issue3September 1962Pages 261-277 RelatedInformation