Inmaculada Insa Pineda

I hold a Bachelor’s degree in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Barcelona and trained as a specialist at the Institut d’Assistència Sanitària (IAS) in Parc Hospitalari Martí i Julià. I subsequently developed my professional career in the field of child psychiatry as a consultant in an outpatient clinic. 

Training

• PhD at the University of Barcelona, Faculty of Psychology (2016 - 2020).
• Master’s in Psychotherapy. University of Girona (2009 - 2012)
• Postgraduate diploma in  Integrative Psychotherapy. University of Girona (2011 - 2012)
• Postgraduate diploma in Brief Strategic Therapy. University of Girona (2009 - 2010)
• Postgraduate diploma in Group Therapy. University of Girona (2008 - 2009)

International experience

• Three-month placement as a therapist at the Centro di Aiuto al bambino Maltrattato e alla Famiglia (Assistance Centre for Mistreated Children and Families) working in systemic family counselling. Rome, Italy (2009).
• Training at the European Institute for Systemic Training and Consultancy.  Rome, Italy (2009).

Scientific activity

• Member of the Mental Health Research Committee.
• Member of the i-case Project: Investigation of Circadian-rhythms, Clinical characterization in children with ADHD and ASD on Sleeping and Eating alterations.

Author of publications in scientific journals:

• Differences in Psychic Distress lived by parents with ADHD children and parents with healthy children: Focus on gender differences, Journal of Attention Disorders (2018).
• ADHD symptoms, academic and social difficulties in parents of children with ADHD, Interpersonal and biological processes (2020).

Co-author of the articles:

• Evaluation and treatment of sleep problems in children diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: update of the evidence, Revista de Neurología (2017).
• Side effects of methylphenidate in children and adolescents, Revista de Neurología (2018).

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