PSYCHOLOGY IN PORTUGAL

SAMUEL ANTUNES
EFPA Presidents’ Council Meeting
Lisbon, Portugal I 20th November 2015

• The Psychology in Portugal • Portuguese Order of Psychologists
– Training in Psychology
– Practice of Psychology
– Scientific Research
Summary
– Timeline
– Campaigns
– Professional Training
– Professional Involvement
– Employment
– Good Practices Recognition
– 1000 Psychologists Disasters’s Intervention Project
– European Semester
THE PSYCHOLOGY IN PORTUGAL

Training in Psychology
Practice of Psychology
Scientific Research

PORTUGUESE ORDER OF PSYCHOLOGISTS

 The Psychology in Portugal

In Portuguese Society

601 Psychologists in National Health System

778 Psychologists in Public Schools (unofficial numbers)
30 Psychologists in Prisons (for 14.000 inmates, in 49 prisons)
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Members of Portuguese Order of Psychologists (OPP)

17,753 Psychologists (full-members)

1,120 Members in Training

2,774 Candidates to Traineeship

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Training in Psychology

2/3 of the portuguese psychologists

received their training after the year 2000.

OPP Census, 2014

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Training in Psychology

40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
1980 1990 1995 2000 2005 2007 2010 2012 2015

Number of Psychology courses

1995 10 2000 23 2010 34 2015 31

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Training in Psychology

Clinical and Health Psychology

School/ Educational Psychology

Organizational Psychology

Social Psychology

Justice/Forensic Psychology

Sports Psychology

General/Applied Psychology

Others

Area of pre-specialization of Portuguese Psychologists

Almost 2/3 are pre-specialists in Clinical and Health Psychology

OPP Census, 2014
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Training in Psychology

Doctoral Degree

Pre-Bologna Licenciate Degree

Integrated Masters Degree/ Post-Bologna Masters Degree

Pre-Bologna Masters Degree

Other

Academic Degree

More than half of the inquired members have a pre-Bologna Licenciate Degree
OPP Census, 2014
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Practice of Psychology

Military/ Policial Psychology

Clinical Psychology

Organizational Psychology

Justice/ Forensic Psychology

Social Psychology

Sports Psychology

Educational Psychology

Research / Teaching

Years

Time of Professional Experience in Psychology

Mean experience of 11 years and 9 months.

OPP Census, 2014
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Practice of Psychology

Justice/ Military/
Organizational Clinical Forensic Social Sports Research/ Policial Educational
Psychology Psychology Psychology Psychology Psychology Teaching Psychology Psychology

Organizational Psychology

Clinical Psychology

Justice/ ForensicPsychology

Social Psychology

Sports Psychology

Research / Teaching

Military/Policial Psychology

Educational Psychology

Professionals practicing in other areas of Psychology

OPP Census, 2014

 The Psychology in Portugal
Practice of Psychology
Military/ Policial Psychology

Clinical Psychology

Organizational Psychology

Justice/ Forensic Psychology

Social Psychology

Sports Psychology

Educational Psychology

Research / Teaching

Months

After initial training, time until starting professional practice

Mean time of 8 months.

OPP Census, 2014
 The Psychology in Portugal
Practice of Psychology
Military/ Policial Psychology

Clinical Psychology

Organizational Psychology

Justice/ Forensic Psychology

Social Psychology

Sports Psychology

Educational Psychology

Research / Teaching

Months

Mean Time of Unemployment, by professional area

Mean time of 10,4 months.

OPP Census, 2014
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Scientific Research

• 220 OPP members have identified research as one of their areas

of ​activity

• The importance of research in the field of psychology is evident, with 87%

of the inquired psychologists rating the work in research as important
and relevant.

• More than 60% of the funding for research in Portugal is promoted by

the Ministry of Education and Science, through the Foundation for
Science and Technology (FCT), being the main projects’ financing
institution in Portugal, but also - still in a lesser extent - the private sector.

• In the last FCT rating report of research units, 17 research centers were
rated as Excellent and Good.
OPP, 2013; FCT, 2015
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Scientific Research

Ongoing Funding Team

Area
Projects Granted Members
Applied Psychology 2 12
212.645,00 €
Clinical Psychology and Psychological Testing 2 21
161.303,00 €
Cognitive Psychology, Neuropsychology and
8 32
Social Cognition 541.709,00 €
Education and Development Psychology 3 21
237.964,00 €
Health and Communitary Psychology 3 29
267.545,00 €
Social and Organizational Psychology 4 20
385.890,00 €

Psychology Research Studies

funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology
(FCT – Fundação de Ciências e Tecnologias), between 2010 and 2015, by area

FCT, 2015
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Scientific Research

Ongoing information gathering by OPP

2010-2015

11 investigation centers

6.629 publications
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PORTUGUESE ORDER OF PSYCHOLOGISTS

Timeline
Campaigns
Professional Training
Professional Involvement
Employment
Good Practices Recognition
1000 Psychologists for Disasters Intervention Project
European Semester
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Campaigns

“Encontre uma Saída” Campaign (“Find a Way Out”)

• Website
• Social media
• Flyers
• Fact sheets
• Georreferenced
Psychologists
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Campaigns

Anti-Stigma Campaign

You would never say

“It’s just cancer, that goes away”,
would you?

SO WHY DO WE SAY SO TO SOMEONE

SUFFERING WITH DEPRESSION?
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Campaigns

Diverse Campaigns

• Back to School

• New Year’s Resolutions

• Psychological Health: Do you know

as much as a 5-year-old?
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Professional Training

Programa “Ser Psicólogo/a”

“Being a Psychologist” Program

Skills Development for Professional Practice

• 3 main areas
Clinical and Health Psychology,
Educational Psychology,
Work, Social and Organizational Psychology

• Nuclear and Complementary Skills

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Professional Involvement

Programa “Sentir a Psicologia”

“Feeling the Psychology” Program
following members’ suggestions, informal meetings to
discuss opportunities and challenges for Psychology in Portugal

Academia OPP
Academy OPP
in Higher Education Schools that give training to future
Psychologists. To create a close relationship between OPP and
future members, and to promote the sense of belonging
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Employment

Espaço OPP: Desenvolvimento Profissional

Espaço OPP
Professional Development

Achieve…
• Access to first job
• Job market reintegration
• Own job creation (entrepreneurship)

Through…
• OPP Professional Tecnician
• Specialized Consultants
• Training
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Good Practices Recognition

Training Courses Accreditation

Insure the quality and interest of training opportunities offered

to portuguese psychologists, as a contribute to credibilize the
entities that promote them.
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“1000 Psychologists for Disasters Intervention” Project

Considering the role of Psychologists in crisis intervention,

Portugal had the moral imperative to strenghten a working
force of trained Psychologists.

Portuguese Psychologists Order (OPP) planned and put into

action an program to train 1000 Psychologists for Disasters
Intervention.

In 2014 was created the project “1000 Psychologists for

Disasters Intervention”
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“1000 Psychologists for Disasters Intervention” Project

B-learning Training (29 hours)

Module 1 - Course Introduction

Module 2 – The Psychologist and Crisis Intervention

Module 3 - Psychosocial Intervention in Large Scale Events and Disasters

Module 4 - Model of Psychosocial Intervention in Disaster

Module 5 - Specific Situations Intervention

Module 6 - Self Help and Interventioner’s Limitations

Module 7 - Summative Evaluation

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“1000 Psychologists for Disasters Intervention” Project

Currently:

• > 600 Psychologists trained by OPP in this program

• OPP - Moral imperative to act

• Call to action on refugee crisis

> 150 positive answers in the first 24 hours!

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“1000 Psychologists for Disasters Intervention” Project

22nd October – European Conference on Crisis and Disasters Psychology

“1000 Psychologists for disasters intervention”
Training Kits delivery
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“1000 Psychologists for Disasters Intervention” Project

22nd October – European

Conference on Crisis and Disasters
Psychology

Presentation of the book

"Psychological Intervention
in Crisis and Disaster"
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Good Practices Recognition

Healthy Workplaces Award

An award to recognise and distinguish portuguese

organizations for their innovative and remarkable
contributions to safety, well-being and (physical and
psychological) health in the workplaces.
 Partnership with EU-OSHA

• The main objectives that the Portuguese Psychological

Association committed when submitting the application as the
official partner of the EU-OSHA as a FIAP members:

• Sensitize employers, managers and employees to work

together to manage psychosocial risks and stress at work

• Mobilize psychologists in promoting healthy workplaces

through tools and training provided by us.

• Create Healthy Workplaces Award which has the patronage of

the Minister of Solidarity, Employment and Social Security.
 Sensitize Employers and Employees

• We have held 12 conferences (Lisbon, Setúbal, Porto,

Maia, Faro, Ponta Delgada, Funchal)

• We have sensitized the public sector and small, medium

and large companies, to the importance of assessment of
psychosocial risks and promoting healthy workplaces.
More than a thousand companies have participated.
 Sensitize Employers and Employees

• There was a clear adherence of 175 public and private

organizations.

• We have signed the protocol with the Regional Secretariat for

Health which will allow the assessment of psychosocial risks
in all hospitals and health centers of Azores.

• We have signed an agreement with the city councils of Ponta

Delgada, Oeiras, Lisbon and also Gaiaurb E.M. and
Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon.
 Sensitize Employers and
Employees

• At this time over 20,000 assessments of psychosocial risks

should be under ongoing process.

.
 Mobilize Psychologists

• There was a clear participation of Psychologists in this

campaign which involved more than 500 psychologists who
further attended the conference and the presentation of
COPSOQ II.

• We have done a training in Primary Prevention to 150

Psychologists across the country.
 Mobilize Psychologists

• The Portuguese Psychologists have an online access,

through their personal area, to a questionnaire
assessment of psychosocial risks (COPSOQ II).

• They are also provided with a free online assessment

report for individuals as well as groups.
 Healthy Workplaces Award

We organized the Healthy Workplaces Award under the patronage of

the Portuguese Minister of Solidarity, Employment and Social
Security, but also:

• In partnership with ACT (Portuguese Work Conditions Authority)

• With the support of the social partners: CIP, CCP, CTP, CAP, UGT

• IEFP, DGS and AEP

• In partnership with the magazine “Pessoal” - Media Partner

 Training in Psychosocial Risk
Prevention

• Together with the social partners, we have

established a working group for the creation of a
training platform in order to prevent the psychosocial
risks for small medium and large enterprises.
 Media Impact

• The Campaign has had a strong presence in social

networks such as Facebook and LinkedIn.

• The site of the Campaign has had more than 20,000

visits.

• The social media have given a wide coverage to this

initiative (35 news published in some of the major
media such as the Correio da Manhã, Observador,
Daily News, Exame, Pessoal, RHonline, Radio
Renascença, SIC, TVI).
 Main Achievements

• Thanks to this Campaign the Portuguese Psychologists and

Psychology have gained significant visibility and become
noticed.

• A large number of Companies has decided to assess the

psychosocial risks, which is the first step in primary
prevention.

• We have recovered the importance of psychologists being a

member of each Company in the field of the Occupational
Health Psychology.
 Future Actions

Our current goals are to continue these initiatives

in the next 2 years trying to:

• Promote physical and mental health in the

workplace

• Prevent mental illness associated with work

 2016-2017

The next Campaign will be

’”Healthy workplaces for all ages”

• Our aim is to organize conferences to employers,

managers and employees

• We intend to continue the training for Psychologists

• We will promote the Healthy Workplaces Award

 EFPA

• We would like to enlarge this partnership with

EFPA members and submit an application in
order to become an Official Partner of EU-OSHA
in the next Campaign.
European Semester
European Semester
Website – 16.000 visitors
Facebook – 1100
Newsletter – 662
6 Events
3 Meetings
Honour Comission
 Events
Under the high patronage of

the European Parliament

 297 participants
 55 participants
 120 participants
Upcoming events
Under the high patronage of

the European Parliament

 THANK YOU

EFPA Presidents’ Council Meeting

Lisbon, Portugal I 20th November 2015