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Who am I?
My name is Raquel Polo Elvira and I am a psychiatrist. Ever since I started studying medicine, I knew I wanted to focus on this specialty because I found it to be the most beautiful and humanistic, allowing for a close doctor-patient relationship that is rare in other specialties.
My goal is to create a safe and comfortable space that allows patients to come to their appointments without fear of being judged. I will work to overcome the problems that motivate the visit to the clinic and accompany my patients throughout the process.
My approach combines psychopharmacological and psychotherapeutic interventions, as I believe that in most cases a combined approach offers the best results. Another important point for me is to respect the patient’s preferences, respect the pace of their recovery, and involve them as much as possible in decisions about medication, since no one knows their body better than the patient themselves.
Professional experience
I currently work at Dr. Negrín Hospital in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. However, I have worked in different places throughout my professional career, always seeking to learn different ways of approaching mental illness. This has allowed me to be part of different specific units, gaining a closer understanding of child and adolescent psychopathology, the approach to eating disorder treatments, and the treatment and rehabilitation of psychotic disorders. Below is a list of the centers where I have carried out my professional activity to date:
- San Juan University Hospital in Alicante
- Alicante General Hospital
- University Hospital of Zürich
- Insular-Maternal and Child Hospital Complex
- Dr. Negrín Hospital
Training
- Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from the University of Salamanca
- Doble especialidad acreditada:
- Specialist in Adult Psychiatry
- Specialist in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- Expert in integrative psychotherapy
- Master’s degree in psychopharmacology from the University of Valencia
Languages
Spanish is my native language, but I am fluent in English and German, which allows me to treat patients of different nationalities.
Complementary Training
I have completed various accredited training courses specifically designed to explore very specific aspects of psychiatry:
- Sleep and Stress.
- Virtual reality
- Basic cognitive processes.
- Microflora and mental health.
- Forensic psychiatry and clinical criminology.
- Mindfulness-based stress reduction program (MBSR).
- Psychiatric, neuropsychological, and behavioral assessment and diagnosis in dementia.
- Skills training based on dialectical behavior therapy for the diagnosis of borderline personality disorder.
- ADHD and hyperactive time.
- Brain bases of face processing.
- Neuropsychopharmacological advances and their clinical translation in psychiatry.
- Updates and therapeutic advances in child and adolescent psychiatry.
- Update on contraception.
- Digital health.
- Psychosocial intervention in child abuse.
- The treatment of anorexia nervosa. An updated comprehensive approach.
- Therapeutic exercise in mental health.
- Data protection in the healthcare sector, duties and rights under the GDPR.
- Basic psycho-oncology for healthcare personnel.
- Atención especializada a mujeres víctimas de malos tratos.
- Early detection of anorexia nervosa.
- Estimulación transcraneal por corriente directa.
- Healthcare management.
- Interdisciplinary care for people with disabilities.
- Methods and study designs in clinical research projects
