Program Overview

Mßster de Formaciˇn Permanente en Evaluaciˇn y Diagnˇstico de los Trastornos Mentales con Mayor Prevalencia

Presentaciˇn

The attention to psychological health is a right and a basic health need. Citizens demand and need early psychological attention, not just when their conditions have worsened. The current health crisis has led to an increased demand, and combined with long waiting lists and usual delays in public attention, many people are forced to seek non-specialized care, which results in personal and health costs.

There is a need for more mental health professionals in the healthcare system to respond to immediate demands. Investing in mental health professionals can prevent psychopathologies in the population and lead to short- and medium-term savings for the system. Early attention to psychosomatic illnesses can prevent future diseases.

In recent years, the demand has continued to increase, and with the health crisis, the number of anxiety disorders, depression, and suicides has skyrocketed. Consequently, the consumption of related medications has also increased.

Our society is suffering from several fronts, and we are concerned about the silent increase in anxiety disorders, depression, and self-harm attempts by our fellow citizens.

Research continues to show that unemployment generates higher levels of depression, that the deterioration of social relationships after confinement and the mandatory maintenance of interpersonal distance significantly increase levels of anxiety, depression, and stress, and that pandemic fatigue combined with the climate crisis elevates levels of anxiety, depression, and especially stress.

If we understand this problem politically and academically and take responsibility, we can contain the drama that is happening in the silence of many homes, as well as reduce chronicity, dependencies, absenteeism, family disintegration, and self-harm attempts.

This Master's program aims to provide specialized training that expands and deepens the knowledge of professionals working with people affected by mental disorders. The relevance of the topic is imposed by societal demand.

The program offers an opportunity for open, reflective, and critical educational training, without established dogma. Close and direct communication between teachers and students during the program promotes the analysis of existing documentation, both classic and current, on evaluation and diagnosis, allowing for personal evolution and the integration of sufficient elements to expand horizons towards effective professional practice.

Competencias

The main formative objectives of the title are:

• To provide students with the skills necessary for using different work models in the field of psychopathology.
• To know in depth the psychopathology of structures and processes.
• To acquire mastery of the theoretical contents of different explanatory models of psychopathological structures.
• To apply the studied models effectively in practice.

The results of learning from the title include:

• Knowledge or contents (C): Introduction to descriptive and explanatory psychopathology, key concepts in psychopathology, applied psychopathology, concept of addiction, and main discriminants.
• Competences (COM): To know in depth psychopathology, to work with different explanatory models, to manage different diagnostic manuals, to understand evaluation and diagnosis procedures, and to differentiate between addictions with and without substance.
• Skills or abilities (HD): Acquisition of analysis, evaluation, and psychopathological diagnosis capacity, management of DSM-5 and CIE-11, capacity to generate a therapeutic relationship, and skills for active listening and questioning.

Perfil de Ingreso

• Idioma: Spanish
• Titulaciˇn especÝfica: Possession of an official Spanish university degree or another issued by a higher education institution in the European Higher Education Area. University graduates from outside the European Higher Education Area can also access without needing to homologate their degrees, provided the University of Salamanca verifies that their level of training is equivalent to the corresponding official Spanish university degrees.
• Complementos formativos: Not contemplated, as graduates in Psychology, Medicine, Nursing, and Social Work are considered to have sufficient specialization to take the Master's program.
• Perfil Profesional: Professionals in Psychology, Medicine, Nursing, and Social Work.

Acceso, Preinscripciˇn, Admisiˇn y MatrÝcula

• Requisitos de acceso: Possession of an official Spanish university degree or another issued by a higher education institution in the European Higher Education Area, or equivalent.
• Criterios de admisiˇn: When demand exceeds the number of places offered, a selection criterion based on the highest score will be used, considering university degree (40%), curriculum vitae (25%), work experience (20%), and personal interview (15%).

Apoyo y Orientaciˇn

The University of Salamanca offers several support and orientation services to all students, including:

• The Service of Promotion, Information, and Orientation (SPIO), which provides individualized psychopedagogical attention.
• The Service of Social Affairs (SAS), which offers support and advice in different areas.
• The Unit of Inclusion and Support to the University Community with Disabilities, which provides services to ensure equal opportunities.

Salidas acadÚmicas profesionales

• Therapist in private practice (except in Spain, where additional requirements apply).
• Implication in public practice (except in Spain, where additional requirements apply).
• Agent for the implementation and development of intervention programs in different countries, at an institutional, NGO, or private level.

Aulas y horarios

• Lugar de imparticiˇn: Online platform.
• Fecha de inicio: 20/11/2024 (first edition), 19/11/2025 (second edition), 13/05/2026 (third edition).
• Fecha de finalizaciˇn: 18/11/2025 (first edition), 24/11/2026 (second edition), 08/06/2027 (third edition).

Informaciˇn adicional

• TÝtulo propio: Mßster de Formaciˇn Permanente en Evaluaciˇn y Diagnˇstico de los Trastornos Mentales con Mayor Prevalencia.
• Rama de conocimiento: Ciencias de la Salud.
• ┴mbito de conocimiento: Ciencias del comportamiento y psicologÝa.
• Centro: Departamento de Personalidad, Evaluaciˇn y Tratamiento Psicolˇgicos.
• Tipo de ense˝anza: Virtual.
• Idioma: Spanish.
• Director/a: Miguel PÚrez Fernßndez.
• Duraciˇn: 12 months.
• CrÚditos ECTS: 60 credits.
• Plazas de nuevo ingreso: 60.
• Precio: 4,500 .
• Coste por crÚdito: 75 .