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Tarcisia Castro Alves

Visiting Associate Professor

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Visiting Associate Professor

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Postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine. Postdoctoral researcher in Science at the University of São Paulo (USP). Doctor of Science from the Department of Psychiatric Nursing - University of São Paulo - USP; Master's in Public Health with an emphasis on Mental Health from the Federal University of Santa Catarina; Specialist in Public Health with an emphasis on Mental Health from the Institute of Public Health at the Federal University of Bahia (Multidisciplinary Residency); Specialist in Mental Health from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Specialist in Municipal Public Management from the State University of Bahia - UESB; Specialist in Business Management from the Getúlio Vargas Foundation - FGV and Specialist in Public Health from the Institute of Postgraduate Studies and Extension of Curitiba. Nurse - Graduated in Nursing from the State University of Santa Cruz. Lawyer - Graduated in Law from Faculdade Santo Agostinho. Graduated in Psychology from Centro Universiátio Mauríco de Nassau. Specialist in Human Rights and Contemporary Issues from the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA). Member of the National Human Rights Council. Member of the Department of Mental Health Nursing (DESM) of the Brazilian Nursing Association (ABEn). Technical manager of mental health nursing at Onofre Lopes University Hospital (2017). Currently an Adjunct Professor at the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA). She has experience in the field of mental health nursing, alcohol, and other drugs. Working in the areas of: Nursing Care in the Health and Psychosocial Care Network; Trauma and drug use; Crisis situations. Teaching nursing care in Public Health and Mental Health. Researcher at the Core Group for Studies on Psychiatric Disorders: Care and Research - NUDPAS/USP Ribeirão Preto; Transversions - Mental Health, Deinstitutionalization, and Psychosocial Approaches/UFRJ; Study Group on Alcohol and Other Drugs/USP São Paulo. Research Areas Nursing Care in Mental Health Alcohol and Other Drugs.

Last Updated on November 12, 2025.

Appointments

  • Psychiatry

    Visiting Associate Professor
    Primary

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Education & Training

BPsych
Maurício de Nassau College, Department of Human Sciences (2025)
JD
Santo Agostinho College, Department of Human Sciences (2022)
PhD
University of São Paulo, Department of Psychiatric Nursing and Mental Health (2019)
MSc
Federal University of Santa Catarina, Departament of Sciencie and Health (2012)
BSN
State University of Santa Cruz, Department of Health (2006)

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Yale University

319 Peck St

New Haven, Connecticut 06513

United States