Maria Paz Garcia-Vera (English)

Profª. Maria Paz Garcia-Vera

Full Professor of Clinical Psychology
Department of Personality, Assessment and Clinical Psychology)

PhD in Psychology

(Complutense University of Madrid, 1993; Doctoral Dissertation: Essential hypertension: validity of clinical blood pressure values and evaluation of a behavioral intervention program −in Spanish−)

Work address

Faculty of Psychology, Complutense University of Madrid

Office: Office 1219.O, Wing Building I ("José Luis Pinillos" Building), Faculty of Psychology
Phone: +34 91 394 3124
Fax: +34 91 394 3189
Postal Address: Departamento de Personalidad, Evaluación y Tratamiento Psicológico I (Personalidad, Evaluación y Psicología Clínica), Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Campus de Somosaguas, 28223 Madrid, Spain
E-mail: mpgvera@psi.ucm.es

Teaching during the 2013-2014 academic year

Child and Adolescent Clinical Psychology (4th year of the Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology): groups 1 and 2 (theory and practice).
Tutorial hours:

2nd Semester: Monday (13:00-15:00 hours; Despacho 1219.O) and Wednesday (13:00-15:00 hours; Despacho 1219.O)

Research areas

Terrorism: Psychopathological consequences of terrorist attacks and psychological treatment.
Essential hypertension: Assessment of essential hypertension by blood pressure measurements taken out of office, cognitive-behavioral programs for treating and preventing essential hypertension, and relations between stress and essential hypertension.
Smoking: Smoking cessation by cognitive-behavioral programs and smoking prevention.
Behavior therapy: The role of cognitive-behavioral therapies in primary care and, especially, for depressive and anxiety disorders.

Recent publications (last 5 years)

Sanz, J., & García-Vera, M. P. (2007). Análisis psicométrico de las versiones breves del Inventario para la Depresión de Beck de 1978 (BDI-IA) [A psychometric analysis of the short forms of the 1978 version of the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-IA)]. Psicología Conductual, 15(2), 191-214. Abstract
García-Vera, M. P., Sanz, J., & Labrador, F. J. (2007). Orienting-defense response pattern and psychophysiological reactivity in isolated clinic versus sustained hypertension. Clinical and Experimental Hypertension, 29(3), 175-188. Abstract
García-Vera, M. P., Sanz, J., & Avia, M. D. (2007). La utilización de terapias cognitivas y de la conducta en atención primaria [The use of cognitive and behavioral therapies in primary care]. In J. L. Vázquez-Barquero (Ed.), Psiquiatría en atención primaria, 2ª ed. (pp. 749-775). Madrid: Aula Médica.

Other publications

García-Vera, M. P., Labrador, F. J., Cruzado, J. A., & Fernández-Abascal, E. (1993). Modelo de procedimiento de evaluación de la hipertensión esencial [Procedure model for the assessment of essential hypertension]. In M. Forns y M.T. Anguera (Eds.), Aportaciones recientes a la evaluación psicológica. Barcelona: PPU.
García-Vera, M. P., Labrador, F. J., & Arribas, J. M. (1993). Autorregistro de la presión arterial para el diagnóstico y manejo de la hipertensión arterial [Blood pressure self-monitoring for the diagnosis and care of hypertension]. In J.M. Arribas y F. Caballero (Eds.), Manual de cirugía menor y otros procedimientos en la consulta del médico de familia. Madrid: Jarpyo
García-Vera, M. P. (1993). Análisis funcional de un caso de estrés [Functional analysis of a stress case]. In F. J. Labrador, J. A. Cruzado y M. Muñoz (Eds.), Manual de técnicas de modificación y terapia de conducta (pp. 353-366). Madrid: Pirámide.