Beatrice Sacchetto (3817-2CFF-DAAA)

Curriculum Vitae

Beatrice Sacchetto

Beatrice Sacchetto is an Assistant Professor (tenure-track) at ISPA – University Institute of Lisbon and an Integrated Researcher at APPsyCI (FCT/UID/05299/2025). She holds a PhD in Psychology (FCT-funded) and has over 15 years of experience in community psychology and community mental health, with a focus on social inclusion, capabilities and participatory research. She has coordinated and participated in externally funded projects, including the EEA Grants project Promoting Capabilities of Leadership and Empowerment, and contributed to the development of evaluation frameworks, scientific publications and practice-oriented tools. She also coordinated the community center of the Association for the Study and Psychosocial Rehabilitation (AEIPS), an NGO providing support services for people with lived experience of mental illness. Her research focuses on the operationalisation of the Capabilities Approach, including the co-creation and psychometric validation of measures with vulnerable populations, using mixed-methods designs. She is a member of the Society for Community Research and Action (SCRA), the European Community Psychology Association (ECPA), and the Human Development and Capability Association, and has delivered training on social inclusion, advocacy and mental health for organisations such as FNERDM and EAPN. She holds an annual master’s research seminar for dissertation students, lectures on Crisis Intervention and Mental Health Prevention and Promotion, has served on master’s degree juries, and acts as an ad hoc reviewer for journals including BMC Mental Health/Psychiatry and the American Journal of Community Psychology. Her profile reflects a strong track record in bridging research, practice and community-based intervention.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Beatrice Sacchetto

Citation names

Sacchetto, Beatrice

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 3817-2CFF-DAAA
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7305-4614

Email addresses

bsacchetto@ispa.pt (Professional)

Addresses

Rua Jardim do Tabaco, nº34 , 1149-041 , Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

https://appsyci.pt/ (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Social Sciences - Psychology

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Italian (Mother tongue)
Portuguese	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)
English	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)
German	Intermediate (B1)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2021/05/26 Concluded	Psychology (Doutoramento) Major in Major in Community Psychology Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal "DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF THE ACHIEVED CAPABILITIES QUESTIONNAIRE FOR COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH (ACQ-CMH)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Full marks with honours
2009 Concluded	Clinical Psychology: Health, Family Relations and Community Interventions (Master) Major in Major in Community Psychology Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy "People with experience of mental illness and integration in their community: a study in Portugal. (Persone con esperienza di malattia mentale e integrazione nella comunita' di appartenenza: uno studio in Portogallo.)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Full marks with honours
2006 Concluded	Psychological sciences and techniques (Bachelor) Major in Major in Clinical Psychology Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Italy "Action research in community psychology. (La ricerca-azione in Psicologia di Comunita')." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	98/110 (16 in the Portuguese classification scale)

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2021/06 - Current	Researcher (Research)	Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida Centro de Investigação em Psicologia Aplicada Capacidades e Inclusão, Portugal
	APPsyCI - Applied Psychology Research Center Capabilities & Inclusion, Portugal
2022/12/01 - 2026/01	Science and Technology Management	APPsyCI - Applied Psychology Research Center Capabilities & Inclusion, Portugal
	APPsyCI - Applied Psychology Research Center Capabilities & Inclusion, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2026/02 - Current	Assistant Professor (University Teacher)	Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal

2025/09 - 2026/01	Lecturer (University Teacher)	Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal

2022/09 - 2023/06	Lecturer (University Teacher)	Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
	Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2017/04/21 - 2017/05/06	Tutor (University Teacher)	Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy

2011 - 2012	Tutor (University Teacher)	Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal

Other Careers

	Category Host institution	Employer
2018/09 - 2022/11/30	Coordenador (Técnico Psicologia)	Associação para o Estudo e Integração Psicossocial, Portugal

2009/12 - 2011/05	Técnico Psicologia 1 Cl (Técnico Psicologia)	Associação para o Estudo e Integração Psicossocial, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2022/12 - 2026/01	APPsyCI – Applied Psychology Research Center Capabilities & Inclusion UID/05299 Science and Technology Management Fellow	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2019/05 - 2021/12	Promoting capabilities of leadership and empowerment 228543_Programa Cidadãos Ativ@s_EEA Grants Technical development	Concluded
2014/02 - 2018/06	Validation and transcultural adaptation of the Capability Questionnaire for users of community mental health services SFRH/BD/92224/2013 PhD Student Fellow APPsyCI - Applied Psychology Research Center Capabilities & Inclusion, Portugal Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2011/06 - 2014/01	Fostering capabilities and integration of people with mental illness PTDC/PSI-PCL/113301/2009 Research Fellow	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Conference paper	Sacchetto, Beatrice. "A Psicologia Comunitária e Abordagem das Capacidades.". Paper presented in 3º Congresso da Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses, 2016. Published Sacchetto, Beatrice. "Capabilities Theory in Practice: collaborative research with people with an experience of mental illness.". Paper presented in 7th European Congress of Community Psychology: Commun Values, Diverse Practices, 2011.
Conference poster	Sacchetto, Beatrice. "Applying the capabilities approach to community mental health services and programs: rethinking evaluation processes in innovative ways". Paper presented in XII Simpósio Nacional de Investigação em Psicologia, 2025. Sacchetto, Beatrice; Jose H. Ornelas E01A-C48E-88FD. "The Capability Gain Questionnaire to explore the role of community based mental health organizations in users’ capability and community integration gains". Paper presented in 14th Biennial Conference of the Society for Community Research and Action, 2013.
Journal article	Castel-Branco, Marta; Maria Vargas-Moniz; Jorge-Monteiro M F; Sacchetto, Beatrice. "Measurement properties of self-reported measures assessing social inclusion in adults diagnosed with mental illness: a systematic review protocol". Systematic Reviews (2026): Under revision Sá-Fernandes, Luís; Sacchetto, Beatrice; Moniz, Maria. "“All rights stay at the hospital door!”: Documenting survivors’ contemporary encounters with psychiatric institutions to advance transformative change". American Journal of Community Psychology (2026): Sá-Fernandes, L., Sacchetto, B., Ornelas, J. H., Vargas-Moniz. M. J. (Submitted). “All rights stay at the hospital door!”: Documenting survivors’ contemporary encounters with psychiatric institutions to advance transformative change. American Journal of Community Psychology. Manuscript ID: 5276961.. Under revision Sá-Fernandes, Luís; Jose H. Ornelas E01A-C48E-88FD; Maria Vargas-Moniz. "Putting mental health deinstitutionalisation back on track: a scoping review of what empirically hinders and drives deinstitutionalisation of adults who experience mental illness". BMC Public Health 25 4152 (2025): Published Ronni Michelle Greenwood; Branagh R. O’Shaughnessy; Rachel M. Manning; Maria J. Vargas Moniz; Beatrice Sacchetto; Jose Ornelas; Maria F. Jorge-Monteiro; et al. "Psychometric properties of the measure of achieved capabilities in homeless services". BMC Public Health (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-14755-9. 10.1186/s12889-022-14755-9 "The Achieved Capabilities Questionnaire for Community Mental Health (ACQ-CMH): A consumer-based measure for the evaluation of community mental health interventions". American Journal of Community Psychology (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajcp.12599. 10.1002/ajcp.12599 Sacchetto, Beatrice; Ornelas, José; Calheiros, Maria Manuela; Shinn, Marybeth. "Adaptation of Nussbaum's Capabilities Framework to Community Mental Health: A Consumer-Based Capabilities Measure". American Journal of Community Psychology 61 1-2 (2018): 32-46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajcp.12221. 10.1002/ajcp.12221 Sacchetto, Beatrice; Aguiar, Rita; Vargas-Moniz, Maria João; Jorge-Monteiro, Maria Fátima; Neves, Maria João; Cruz, Maria Adelaide; Coimbra, José António; Ornelas, José. "The Capabilities Questionnaire for the Community Mental Health Context (CQ-CMH): A measure inspired by the capabilities approach and constructed through consumer–researcher collaboration.". Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal 39 1 (2016): 55-61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/prj0000153. 10.1037/prj0000153 Sacchetto, Beatrice. "Contributi di una organizzazione su base comunitaria per la trasformazione del Sistema di Salute Mentale in Portogallo". Rivista di Psicologia Clinica 1 (2014): 220-239. http://www.rivistadipsicologiaclinica.it/ojs/index.php/rpc/article/view/436/565. Sacchetto, Beatrice. "Il Programma Casas Primeiro per le persone senza fissa dimora nella città di Lisbona". SouQuaderni 10 (2014): http://www.souqonline.it/home2_2.asp?idtesto=2009&idpadre=869&son=1#.XD-DLSfSI6g. Ornelas, José; Aguiar, Rita; Sacchetto, Beatrice; Jorge-Monteiro, Maria F.. "Community-based participatory research: a collaborative study to measure capabilities towards recovery in mental health community organizations". Psychology, Community & Health 1 1 (2012): 3-18. http://dx.doi.org/10.5964/pch.v1i1.5. 10.5964/pch.v1i1.5 Sacchetto, Beatrice. "Contributi della psicologia di comunità per lo sviluppo dei servizi su base comunitaria per le persone con malattie mentali". PSICOLOGIA DI COMUNITA 1 (2010): Published
Newspaper article	Sacchetto, Beatrice. "What transformation? A qualitative study on empowering settings and community mental health organizations.", 2014
Thesis / Dissertation	Sacchetto, Beatrice Ilaria Mariasole. "Development and validation of the achieved capabilities questionnaire for community mental health (ACQ-CMH)". PhD, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/8171.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2025/06	Community psychology: A critical appraisal to engage in Action research praxis and solidarity in contexts	20th SCRA Biennial Conference Society for Community Research and Action (SCRA, Division 27 of the American Psychological Association)
2025/03	Contributions of Collaborative Approach and the Capabilities Framework in Community Mental Health Practice and Research	Community Mental Health, Deinstitutionalization, Diversity & Inclusion
2024/12/20	Recovery, Self-Help groups and Leadership in Mental Health	Mental Health training workshop Federação Nacional de Entidades de Reabilitação de Doentes Mentais - FNERDM (Portugal)
2024/05	Capabilities Approach for Inclusion	Community Mental Health: An Ecological Perspective AEIPS - Associação para o Estudo e Integração Psicossocial (Portugal)
2022/09/16	Participation and Empowerment of People with Mental Illness and their Families	SERIES OF PRACTICAL AND EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS Rede Europeia Anti-Pobreza: EAPN (Portugal)
2022/05/19	How to reply to reviewers	APPsyCI Webinars APPsyCI – Applied Psychology Research Center Capabilities & Inclusion
2021/11/18	Development and validation of the capabilities questionnaire for community mental health services	ISPA Conferences ISPA - Instituto Universitário
2021/10/29	Collaborative approach for empowerment and advocacy in mental health	Portuguese Federation of Entities for the Rehabilitation in Mental Health
2020/10/14	Self-help groups and self-representation	Curso de Qualificação e Inclusão em Saúde Mental Comunitária Portuguese Federation of Entities for the Rehabilitation in Mental Health
2017/06/29	Contributos da abordagem das capacidades para a mudança dos serviços comunitários de saúde mental	IV Encontro Nacional de Psicologia Comunitária ISCTE-Instituto Universitario de Lisboa
2017/06/24	Nussbaum capabilities framework towards community mental health services - Thematic Symposium "Transformative community- based research in Europe"	16th Biennial SCRA Conference SCRA (Ottawa, Canada)
2016/09/29	A Psicologia Comunitária e a Abordagem das Capacidades	3º Congresso da Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses (Porto, Portugal)
2016/07/01	Investigação colaborativa: processos e resultados transformativos	IX Simpósio Nacional de Investigação em Psicologia - Thematic Symposium “Metodologias de participação em invesrigação" Universidade do Algarve (Faro, Portugal)
2015/06/26	Challenging the traditional research roles: the collaborative work between consumers and researchers to construct a measure	Thematic Symposium “Collaborative Research: Challenges for community research and social change” University of Massachusetts, (Lowell, United States)
2013/11/07	Intervention models in Portuguese community mental health: a critical analysis for transformative change	9th European Congress of Community Psychology (Napoli, Italy)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2025/09 - Current	Faith as a Form of Religious Coping for Christian Immigrants in Portugal Supervisor	Clinical Psychology Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2025/09 - Current	Social Media Use, FOMO, and Life Satisfaction: The Role of a Sense of Belonging Among College Students Supervisor	Clinical Psychology (Master) Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2025/09 - Current	Psychology Students’ Perceptions of the Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Learning: A Quantitative and Qualitative Study Supervisor	Clinical Psychology (Master) Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2025/09 - Current	Misoginia internalizada em mulheres como preditora da aceitação da violência contra mulheres: O papel moderador do empoderamento feminino Supervisor	Clinical Psychology (Master) Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2025/09 - Current	Experiences with workplace inclusion in supported employment programs and the role of professional support Supervisor	Clinical Psychology (Master) Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2025/01/06 - Current	Understanding, Defining, and Measuring Social Inclusion in Mental Health: A Collaborative Study (FCT 2024.04067.BDANA) Co-supervisor	Psychology (PhD) Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2025/07/23 - Current	Pre-Conference Workshop "From promoting participation to leadership: ethical shifts in community collaborative research" Workshop	ECPA CONFERENCE 2025 - Building Community Strength in Uncertain Times ECPA, Belgium
2022/04/28 - Current	Guest speaker for the webinar "Applying the capabilities approach to the mental health field: a contribution to the evaluation and innovation of community mental health programs" at the European Community Psychology Association (ECPA) Seminar	ECPA Webinar series

Jury of academic degree

	Topic Role	Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization
2025/12	ENTRE LAÇOS E BEM-ESTAR: A PERCEÇÃO DOS MORADORES DO BAIRRO DA FLAMENGA SOBRE O SENTIMENTO DE COMUNIDADE (Thesis) Main arguer	Marina Sofia Lopes dos Santos (Master) Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2025/12	“Sinto que posso fazer a diferença": Estudo qualitativo sobre impacto do trabalho direto com pessoas refugiadas (Thesis) Main arguer	Rodrigo Borges de Brito Justino Alves (Master) Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2025/11	O Impacto do Teatro Playback Psicoterapêutico: Um Estudo Exploratório Qualitativo (Thesis) Main arguer	Bernardo Miguel Lopes Calisto (Master) Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2025/10	A Caminho da Saúde Mental: O papel do Escutismo na promoção da saúde mental (Thesis) Main arguer	Nuno Teixeira Diniz de Carvalho (Master) Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2024/12	TEATRO PLAYBACK PSICOTERAPÊUTICO: A experiência de um grupo de terapeutas (Thesis) Main arguer	Maria Teresa Sousa Araujo de Morais Sarmento (Master) Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2024/12	"Houve várias emoções, por não conhecer nem a cultura nem o idioma. Um pouco de tristeza por deixar o meu país e um pouco de alegria por começar uma vida nova...” A Vivência da População Migrante no Processo de Integração em Portugal (Thesis) Main arguer	Mariana Zeghbi Carvalhão (Master) Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2024/12	Narrativas e perspetivas trans acerca da disciplina de Educação Física (Thesis) Main arguer	Rúben Gomes da Silva Alves (Master) Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2023/12/14	Prometeu Acorrentado: Estudo exploratório sobre a institucionalização de crianças e jovens em Portugal, Brasil e Chile (EN_Prometheus in Chains: Exploratory study on the institutionalization of children and young people in Portugal, Brazil and Chile) (Thesis) Main arguer	Lorena Barreto Sallit (Master) Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2023/12/14	As abordagens das capacidades e das premissas justiça, autonomia, restituição e segurança um estudo exploratório com sobreviventes de violência doméstica (EN_The approaches of capabilities and the premises of justice, autonomy, restitution and safety: an exploratory study with survivors of domestic violence) (Thesis) Main arguer	Carolina Oliveira Rodrigues (Master) Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2023/12/12	Dance behind bars - Dança e terapia gestalt numa comunidade prisional (EN_Dance behind bars - Dance and Gestalt therapy in a prison community community) (Thesis) Main arguer	Cláudia Miguel Bordalo Carvalho Mendes Monteiro (Master) Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2023/12/05	Teatro Playback e promoção dos Direitos Humanos (EN_Playback theater and the promotion of human rights) President of the jury	Julia Victoria Léna Da Costa (Master) Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2022/12	Co-construção de uma rede de pares de autorepresentantes contra a violência de género promovendo o seu empoderamento em Portugal (EN_Co-building a peer network of self-advocates against gender-based violence and promoting their empowerment in Portugal) (Thesis) Main arguer	Ana Beatriz Vieira Medina (Master) Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2021/12/10	Integração Social em Saúde Mental: uso de Mapeamento de Conceito (EN_Social integration in mental health: use of concept mapping) (Thesis) Main arguer	Marta Castel-Branco (Master) Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2026/02 - 2026/03	American Journal of Community Psychology
2024/02 - 2024/02	BMC Health Services Research ( 1472-6963)	BMC
2023/10 - 2023/10	Community Mental Health Journal (0010-3853)	SPRINGER

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2024 - Current	European Community Psychology Association (ECPA)
2021/11 - Current	Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses	Psychologist
2018 - Current	European Community Psychology Association (ECPA)
2016 - Current	Human Development & Capability Association (HDCA)
2013 - Current	Society for Community Research and Action (Division 35 of American Psychological Association)
2016 - 2017	Society for Community Research and Action - Transformative Change in Community Mental Health Interest Group	Chair Assistant

Committee member

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization
2026/02 - Current	Member of the Executive Committe of the APPsyCI – Applied Psychology Research Center Capabilities & Inclusion Member
2016 - 2017	Chair assistant of the SCRA Interest Group “Transformative Change in Community Mental Health”. International networking, dissemination and administrative activities. Management of budgeted expenditures. Organization of meetings, development of agenda, minutes and reports. Other	Society for Community Research and Action, United States
2013 - 2014	Member of the scientific committee and assistant of the project consultant of the Italian Network for Housing First, a pilot project to implement the housing first model for the homeless population in Italy. Collaboration in networking, scientific supervision and training sessions (webinars and summer school).	fio.PSD ETS – Federazione Italiana Organismi per le Persone Senza Dimora Ente del Terzo Settore, Italy

Conference scientific committee

	Conference name	Conference host
2024 - Current	ECPA CONFERENCE 2025 - Building Community Strength in Uncertain Times	ISPA–Instituto Universitário/APPsyCI

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2022/09 - 2024/12	Course Capacity-building for Inclusion in Mental Health		Federação Nacional de Entidades de Reabilitação de Doentes Mentais (FNERDM), Portugal