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Mafalda Machado de Sousa. Completed the Mestrado integrado in Mestrado Integrado em Psicologia in 2010/11/01 by Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação. Is Clinical Psychologist in Instituto Cardiovascular de Braga, Researcher in Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde and Clinical Psychologist in Centro de Medicina Digital P5. Participates and/or participated as Researcher in 3 project(s). Works in the area(s) of Social Sciences with emphasis on Psychology.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Mafalda Machado de Sousa

Citation names

  • Machado-Sousa, Mafalda

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
951E-2A0B-7734

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Social Sciences - Psychology
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Neurosciences
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Health Care Sciences and Services

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1)
French Elementary (A2) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2025/09/15
Concluded
 Biomedicina e Ciências da Saúde (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
"Cognitive-behavioral therapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder: neurobiological correlates and novel treatment approaches" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2016/10/22
Concluded
 Psicopatologia e psicoterapia da criança e do adolescente (Pós-Graduação)
Instituto Português de Psicologia e Outras Ciências, Portugal
2016
Concluded
 Psychological Intervention in Disaster (Outros)
Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses, Portugal
2010/11/01
Concluded
 MSc in Health and Clinical Psychology (Mestrado integrado)
Major in Health and Clinical Psychology
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
"Ajustamento psicológico do doente crónico jovem adulto: relação com ambiente familiar e satisfação com a vida" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/03 - 2025/02 Researcher (Research) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2017 - 2020 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020 - 2021/02 Clinical Psychologist Centro de Medicina Digital P5, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2021/03/01 - 2025/02/28 iTreatOCD: Predicting the efficacy of a digital psychotherapeutic intervention from changes in the neurobiological correlates of emotion regulation in obsessive-compulsive disorder
2020.07946.BD
10.54499/2020.07946.BD
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2020 - 2020 Promoting Mental Health During Pandemic - a digital platform for monitoring and intervention
n/a
Researcher
Concluded
2019 - 2020 Treating refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder using real-time functional magnetic resonance imaging neurofeedback
n/a
Researcher
2018 - 2020 The Impact of Caffeine in the Connectivity of Brain Resting State Networks and in Decision- Making
n/a
Researcher
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Machado Sousa, Mafalda. "A feasibility study of fMRI neurofeedback for treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder". Paper presented in rtFIN, 2019.
Journal article
  1. Machado-Sousa, Mafalda; Bertolín, Sara; Picó-Pérez, Maria; Costa, Ana Daniela; Vieira, Rita; Alonso, Pino; Menchón, José M.; Morgado, Pedro; Soriano-Mas, Carles. "Neurobiological correlates of CBT response in OCD through the analysis of resting state networks". International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology 25 2 (2025): 100585. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijchp.2025.100585.
    10.1016/j.ijchp.2025.100585
  2. Machado Sousa, Mafalda. "Symptom provocation in obsessive-compulsive disorder: Validation of the Braga Obsessive Compulsive image set (BOCIS)". Journal of Psychiatric Research (2024):
    Published • 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2024.04.046
  3. Bertolín, Sara; Alonso, Pino; Martínez-Zalacaín, Ignacio; Menchón, Jose M.; Jimenez-Murcia, Susana; Baker, Justin T.; Bargalló, Nuria; et al. "Right Prefrontal Cortical Thickness Is Associated With Response to Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy in Children With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder". Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 62 4 (2023): 403-414. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2022.07.865.
    10.1016/j.jaac.2022.07.865
  4. Machado Sousa, Mafalda. "Efficacy of internet-based cognitive-behavioral therapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis.". Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice 30 2 (2023): 150-162.
    Published • https://doi.org/10.1037/cps0000133
  5. Costa, Ana Daniela; Fernandes, Afonso; Ferreira, Sónia; Couto, Beatriz; Machado-Sousa, Mafalda; Moreira, Pedro; Morgado, Pedro; Picó-Pérez, Maria. "How Long Does Adaption Last for? An Update on the Psychological Impact of the Confinement in Portugal". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19 4 (2022): 2243. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19042243.
    10.3390/ijerph19042243
  6. Machado Sousa, Mafalda. "Protective elements of mental health status during the COVID-19 outbreak in the Portuguese population". (2020): https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.04.28.20080671.
    Under revision
Activities

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2024/10/16 - 2024/10/16 Workshop on CBT for OCD at the XVIII Congresso Nacional de Psiquiatria. Covered core CBT/ERP principles and facilitated case-based discussion to support applied clinical reasoning, including case conceptualisation and treatment planning (2024/10/16 - 2024/10/16)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 Sociedade Portuguesa de Psiquiatria e Saúde Mental, Portugal