1) UCare
The Social Services of the University of Coimbra offer the UCare emotional support line, aimed at helping the community to adopt strategies to manage anxiety and time in isolation and to share information about available resources. The service will be provided by the SASUC team of Clinical Psychologists, using computerized means (UCMeetings platform), ensuring data security and, if desired, the anonymity of the user.
All the information is available here.
2) UPC3 | Cognitive-Behavioural Clinical Psychology Unit of the University of Coimbra
UPC³ provides different services for the prevention and treatment of mental illness, aimed at children, adolescents, young people and adults. Besides individual clinical psychology and psychiatric consultations (online or face-to-face), it also offers empirically validated group programmes and treatments.
Due to the close ties with the research undertaken at the Centre for Research into Neuropsychology and Cognitive-Behavioural Intervention (CINEICC), which has been awarded an Excellent rating by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), the treatments provided at UPC³ have been subject to prior research, confirming their effectiveness. The psychotherapists who provide clinical services at UPC³ are specialists in Clinical and Health Psychology (Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses) and are certified by national and international associations.
All the information is available here.
3) SOS Student Line
SOS Student is a cultural section of the Associação Académica de Coimbra whose main mission is to inform and support the academic community and other interested parties about the different problems that affect them emotionally and psychologically in order to promote reflection and critical thinking about themselves, the other and the world. To this end we act in order to
- Offer an anonymous and confidential emotional support service, creating an empathic and prejudice-free space for dialogue and individual reflection;
- To promote moments of debate and reflection with the academic community;
- To contribute to the training and technical and scientific qualification in the scope of emotional support and project management in partnership with professionals, teachers and institutions from related areas;
- Develop scientific research projects in partnership with professionals, teachers and institutions from related areas
- Participate in socio-cultural projects with other institutions or organisms in order to promote inclusion and mental health.
All information is available here.
4) Medical Services
SASUC, through its Medical Services, provides medical assistance to students and workers of the University of Coimbra.
The facilities are located in Faculty of Medicine, Polo I, Rua Larga 2nd floor, 3004-504 Coimbra.
All information available here.