DHA的Melba A. Hernandez-Tejada博士目前是精神病学和行为科学系Uthealth Greatula and Resilience Center(TRC)的副教授,也是Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Medical Center的研究科学家beplay苹果手机能用吗sc。她在南卡罗来纳州医科大学(MUSC)担任研究副教授后加入该系。beplay苹果手机能用吗Hernandez-Tejada博士拥有卫生管理局(南卡罗来纳州医科大学)和临床与健康心理学博士学位(西班牙巴塞罗那大学),并完成了MUSC的健康差异的博士后奖学金。她过去的研究重点是beplay苹果手机能用吗压力反应的生理和心理方面,以及这些反应与发展的慢性疾病(例如心血管疾病和糖尿病)的关系。这种背景为她目前的访问工作和与心理健康状况的服务提供了帮助。具体来说,Hernandez Tejada博士正在研究社会联系和社会支持对心beplay苹果手机能用吗理健康的好处,同时利用技术来解决护理障碍,尤其是在弱势群体中。她已将这项工作应用于两个主要人群:患有PTSD的退伍军人和老年人面临的问题影响了他们的老化能力(例如,虐待老年人)。这些努力的资金来自针对妇女的暴力行为和犯罪法案资助计划的受害者以及国防部。除了对退伍军人和老年人进行的尖端研究外,埃尔南德斯·泰贾达(Herbeplay苹果手机能用吗nandez-Tejada)博士还从事实践水平的努力,在这些努力中,她正在提高提供者的认识,从而对足够的筛查,认同,诊断,诊断和转诊,对老年人进行失败幸存者进行培训,并进行培训,并进行培训。 and provision of evidence-based treatment options for elder abuse victims. She collaborated and consulted regularly with State and local entities in SC, such as the City of Charleston Office on Aging and the Center on Aging at the Medical University of South Carolina. She was an original consulting member responsible for the creation of the Elder Court in South Carolina; consulting for Futures Without Violence; has had her work in elder abuse featured in national websites and newsletters by the National Center on Elder Abuse; and has participated in international expert meetings on behalf of the World Health Organization/ United Nations Women Joint Programme in addressing elder abuse and violence against older women. She is currently interested in increasing collaborative efforts through inter-professional, multilevel and integrative approaches to treating both Veterans and Older Adults suffering from mental health conditions, and the impact these conditions have on social interaction, aging in place, and physical health.

教育

博士学位(博士)
临床与健康心理学,巴塞罗那大学
博士学位(DHA)
南卡罗来纳州医科大学卫生管理局
博士后学者
健康差异,南卡罗来纳州医科大学
硕士
西蒙·波利瓦大学心理学
临床培训
委内瑞拉中央大学临床心理学

兴趣范围

临床利益

创伤后应激障碍(PTSD)的循证治疗
焦虑
沮丧
老年人和退伍军人的PTSD,焦虑和抑郁症


beplay苹果手机能用吗研究兴趣

虐待老人
PTSD
退伍军人心理健康
远程医疗