1. Since some of the problems we may have are not caused by medical dysfunctions, they can not be treated by a physician. Some of the problems that we may have are caused by psychological factors. In order to find out if this is the case, psychological assessment and diagnosis is needed. [...]
One thing that occurs naturally in people's minds when it comes to psychotherapy is: How can talking help me? A psychotherapist does more than talking and listening. A psychotherapist is somebody trained to perform the assessment of the emotional problem or behavioral problem of the patient, and to apply standard intervention methods [...]
Why do we have emotional difficulties? Similar to physical vulnerability, each person has an emotional or psychological vulnerability. People are not born with this vulnerability, but they get it by learning beliefs or attitudes from interaction with others and from the effects of these interactions. Emotional vulnerability relates to the [...]
ILLNESS PERCEPTION IN LUNG CANCER PATIENTS - study UICC Abstract 2010 UICC2010-95 D. P. Pesut 1,*, M. V. Bulajic 2, B. N. Bursuc 3, R. T. Vusovic 1, D. Z. Bozic 1 1Research and Epidemiology, School of Medicine University of Belgrade,Institute of Lung Diseases, 2Laboratory of Statistics, Faculty of Organizational [...]
BIPQ in TOBACCO SMOKING - study Project title: TOBACCO SMOKERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF THEIR ILLNESS BY IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BRIEF ILLNESS PERCEPTION QUESTIONNAIRE (BIPQ) Key words (3): illness perception, tobacco smoking, questionnaire (brief IPQ) Principal investigator (PI), participating centres: • Dragica Pesut (PI), specialist in lung diseases and tuberculosis, School of Medicine Univ [...]
BIPQ in TOBACCO SMOKING - study Project title: TOBACCO SMOKERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF THEIR ILLNESS BY IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BRIEF ILLNESS PERCEPTION QUESTIONNAIRE (BIPQ) Key words (3): illness perception, tobacco smoking, questionnaire (brief IPQ) Principal investigator (PI), participating centres: • Dragica Pesut (PI), specialist in lung diseases and tuberculosis, School of Medicine Univ [...]
Research studies published in international journals accessible from international databases: 2006 Pesut D Bursuc B, Ciobanu L, Nagorni-Obradovic LJ. “Tobacoo Psychological and genetic determinants of smoking as addictive disease year”. Vojnosanit Pregl 2006, 63 (10): 883-887. Data Base:www.pubmed.com , http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?CMD=search&DB=pubmed 2009 - Pesut D Bursuc B Bulajic M Solovic I Bhagyabati S [...]
Mind Research initiatives include research in psychology, psychotherapy and the application of psychology in other fields like medical research. The researches’ objectives are to maintain knowledge at the highest scientific level and to develop a multidisciplinary perspective on somatic and psychological disorders. Research in progress: BIPQ in TOBACCO SMOKING - study ILLNESS PERCEPTION IN [...]
Some of the presentations held over the years at conferences or scientific events: 2006 - Lecturer, "Psychosocial Determinants of Tobacco Smoking". This presentation was held at the conference "Research and Educational Conference on Tobacco Smoking - Tobacco Free Balkan,” School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro. You can download this [...]
Psychoeducational workshops offered to the general public: What can we do with our unpleasant emotions? (3h) Things are not running according your expectations? Are there conflicts at home or at work? Do you sometimes feel misunderstood by people close to you? Despite our best intentions, sometimes things go bad, even [...]