Metacognitive Training for Depression

Code: ENF14804O

2 ECTS

Duration: 15 weeks/52 hours

Scientific Area: Health Sciences

Teaching languages: Portuguese

Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese

Regime de Frequência: B-learning

Sustainable Development Goals

Saúde de qualidade - Assegurar uma vida saudável e promover o bem-estar para todos, em todas as idades.

Educação de qualidade - Assegurar a educação inclusiva, e equitativa e de qualidade, e promover oportunidades de aprendizagem ao longo da vida para todos.

Learning Goals

Learning objectives
To enable mental health and psychiatric professionals to implement Metacognitive Training for people with depressive symptoms.

Skills to be developed by students
Acquisition of skills for the practical operationalization of Metacognitive Training for people with depressive symptoms.

Module 1 - Cognitive Errors and Metacognition
1.1 - Common cognitive errors in Depression
1.2 - Concept of Metacognition
Module 2 - Metacognitive Training
2.1 - Metacognitive Training for Depression (D-MCT)
2.2 - Metacognitive Training for the older adults with Depression (MCT-Silver)

Teaching Methods

Expository and self-learning method, using the reading of the manual Metacognitive Training for Depression and watching videos.
In module 2 sessions of Metacognitive Training for people with depressive symptoms will be simulated using the course didactic materials (power points with practical exercises and homework).

Assessment

Students must participate in at least 75% of the contact hours and complete the required activities.
The assessment is graded from 0 to 20, being 100% for the simulated practice exercises.