Scratchcards and Pathological Gambling in Portugal - a Public Health Problem?

On November 22nd, at 2:00 pm, Pedro Morgado will present a seminar entitled: “Scratchcards and Pathological Gambling in Portugal – a Public Health Problem?”. This event will take place at ISPUP auditorium and it has free admission.

Short bio:

Pedro Morgado (MD, PhD) is Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Clinical Communication at the School of Medicine and Principal Investigator at ICVS Research Institute, University of Minho, in Braga, Portugal. He is the Regional Coordinator for Mental Health in the North Region of Portugal. He is also head of the Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders Unit at Hospital de Braga. His research is focused on obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders, addictive behaviors, and schizophrenia. He is also interested in clinical communication and the doctor-patient relationship. He has published >100 papers, book chapters, and books and serves on the editorial board of numerous peer-reviewed international journals.
He has been a member of the Board of the Psychiatry College of the Portuguese Medical Council since 2021 and the board of Portuguese Communication in Health Society since 2016. He served as Vice-President of the School of Medicine, University of Minho between 2017-2022. In 2021, he won the FLAD Science Award Mental Health.