Similarity Measurement
I am interested in the development of methods for the measurement of similarity in ill-structured databases, namely the comparison of open-ended subjective judgments.
I have collaborated with Peter P. Wakker in the development of the Metric-Frequency (MF) Similarity (Sales & Wakker, 2009). We have developed the MF Calculator, a web-based tool for the calculation of similarity that implements the MF algorithm (see the MF Calculator area in this site).
Next step in this research line is testing the MF measure in several areas of behavioral sciences.
Psychotherapy Research
A more specific area of interest is Psychotherapy Research. Because of my background in systemic family therapy, I follow a scientist-practitioner perspective, i.e., I am interested in combining clinical practice and research. My work is targeted towards the development of research tools and methods that can be implemented as part of the routine of mental health or psychosocial services.
Within a project financed by FCT, we have created the IPPS (Individualized Patient-Progress System), a web based monitoring system that gives therapist feed-back on nomothetic and idiographic outcome change measures.
Next steps will be testing the IPPS as a change process research tool and for service evaluation.
African Studies
More recently, deriving from my involvement in the Master of Family Therapy and Community Therapy in Mozambique, I am interested in the Psychology of the African Family and its implications on mental health.
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Sales, C.M.D., Moita, G. & Frommer, J. (Eds. ). (2011). Methodological diversity in psychotherapy and counselling research: qualitative-quantitative approaches. Proceedings of the I International Summer School for Psychotherapy and Counseling Research. Lisboa: Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa. Retrieved from http://eventos.ual.pt/Proceedings_ISS2010.pdf  Abstract
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Sales, C.M.D. & Alves, P. (2010). Avaliação da qualidade de serviços de aconselhamento psicológico [Quality evaluation of psychological counselling services]. Proceedings of the I Congress of RESAPES, Portugal, 487-497. (Retrieved from http://www.box.net/shared/fqqsply253) Abstract
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Sales, C.M.D. & Wakker, P.P. (2010, March). Combining metric and qualitative approach in a measure of similarity for ill-structured data sets [extended abstract]. Proceedings of the XVII Meeting of the Portuguese Association of Data Classification and Analysis JOCLAD 2010, 183-185. Abstract
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Sales, C.M.D. (2009). Aspectos metodológicos de la investigación de la psicoterapia: Panorama histórico. Revista de la Asociación Española de Neuropsiquiatría, 29(2), 383-403.
(Available on-line at http://www.aen.es/biblioteca-y-documentacion/publicaciones-de-la-aen/cat_view/333-publicaciones-de-la-aen/94-revista-de-la-aen/402-2009-revista-no-104) Abstract
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Sales, C.M.D. & Wakker, P. P. (2009). The metric-frequency measure of similarity for ill-structured data sets, with an application to family therapy. British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology, 62, 663-682. Abstract
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Carvalhosa, S. Moleiro, C., & Sales, C.M.D. (2009). A situação do bullying nas escolas portuguesas [Bullying in Portuguese schools]. Interacções, 5(13), 125-146. (Available on-line at http://nonio.eses.pt/interaccoes/) Abstract
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Gonçalves, S., Ribeiro, M.T., & Sales C.M.D. (2009). Consequências dos acidentes de trabalho no casal e na família: Quatro estudos de caso. In C. Guedes Soares, C. Jacinto, A.P. Teixeira & P. Antão (Eds.), Riscos Industriais e Emergentes (pp.1095-1110). Lisboa: Edições Salamandra. Abstract
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Carvalhosa, S., Moleiro, C., & Sales, C.M.D. (2009). The situation of violence in Portuguese schools. International Journal on Violence and Schools, 9, 57-78. (Available on-line at http://www.ijvs.org/) Abstract
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Pina Prata, F. X. (2008). Terapia sistémica de casal: Respigando ideias e experiências. C.M.D. Sales & S. Gonçalves (Eds.). Lisboa: Climepsi. Abstract
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Sales, C. & Lind, W. (2008). Os tempos da Loucura: Breve panorama histórico da saúde mental. [The era of madness: Brief historical overview of the mental health]. Hospitalidades – Revista do Instituto São João de Deus. Abstract
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Carvalho, M. J., Faustino, I., Nascimento, A., & Sales, C. (2008). Understanding Pamina’s recovery: Applications of the hermeneutic single-case efficacy design. Counseling and Psychotherapy Research: Linking Research with Practice, 8(3), 166-173. Abstract
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Sales, C.M.D., Gonçalves, C., Fragoeiro, A., Noronha, S., & Elliott, R. (2007). Psychotherapists´ openness to routine naturalistic idiographic research. Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 4(2), 145-159. Abstract
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Sales, C. (2007). Segurança e violência escolar: Uma visão sistémica. In Comissão Parlamentar de Segurança e Cultura, Deputada Fernanda Asseiceira (Eds.). A Segurança nas Escolas: Reflexões e Conclusões. Relatório final do Grupo “Violência nas Escolas”, Lisboa: Edição da Assembleia da República Portuguesa. Disponível em http://www.parlamento.pt/sites/COM/XLEG/8CECposRAR/Actividades/Paginas/ViolenciaSegurancaEscolas.aspx? Abstract
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Sales, C. (2003). The role of the teacher and the family in school problems. In European Network for the Prevention of Juvenil Violence (Eds.). Relationships in the classroom: Systemic narratives. (pp. 64-90). Abstract
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Sales, C. (2003). Understanding Prior Dropout in Psychotherapy. International Journal of Psychology and Psychological Therapy, 3(1), 81-90. Abstract
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Sales, C. (2000). O Professor e a Família na Dificuldade Escolar. Contributos da Terapia Familiar Sistémica. Percursos - Boletim de Informação e Divulgação do Centro de Formação Concelhio do Fundão, 1, 71-82. Abstract
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Sales, C., Faísca, L. & Ortega Beviá, F. (2000). Mais pourquoi ne viennent-ils pas? Les raisons des absences en thérapie familiale. [Why they are not coming? Motives for absences in family therapy]. Thérapie Familiale, 21(2), 185-210. Abstract
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Sales, C. (1999). Usted baila? Preguntas orientadoras del baile sistémico en la sistemecología de familias multiproblemáticas. [Will you dance? Key questions for the systemic-ecological dance with multiproblematic families]. Anales de Terapia Familiar, 4(1), 37-41. Abstract
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Sales, C. (1998). Líneas de reflexión sistémicas y organización de la acción social. [Systemic guidelines and social action planning]. Informaciones Psiquiátricas, 152(1), 203-214. Abstract
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1 December 2010 - 1 December 2011
Position: Principal Expert
Project: Designing and implementing a Master Course in Family and Community Psychotherapy in Mozambique (ref. NICHE/MOZ/029), granted by the Netherlands Initiative for Capacity development in Higher Education (€ 50,000)
Institutions: Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa, Associação Portuguesa de Terapia Familiar e Comunitária, Maastricht University/MUNDO, Eduardo Mondlane University (Mozambique), Dortmmund University.
April 2010-April 2012
Position: Principal Researcher
Project: Developing an Individualized Patient-Progress System (ref. PTDC/PSI-PCL/098952/2008), granted by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (€100.000)
Institution: Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social (CIS/ISCTE-UL)
July-October 2008
Position: Invited Expert of the National Consulting Group for the Portuguese National Report on Deviance and Violence in Schools.
Institution: European Union (PRCD-FP6, Coordination action CRIMPREV, WP 2), ISCTE-IUL.
2005-2006
Position: Portuguese Coordinator
Project:Police in the School– Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency of Pupils Absentees
Institution: European Union (AGIS Programme), Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa & International group of institutions coordinated by the Diputación de Alicante, Spain.
2001 – 2003
Position: Invited Expert
Project: European Network for the Prevention of Juvenile Violence European project
Institution: European Union (Hippokrates Program), UniversidadeAutónoma de Lisboa & International group of institutions coordinated by the Diputación de Alicante, Spain.
Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Journals:
Human Systems
Psique
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