Felix Diaz
American University in BulgariaFélix Díaz (BSc Psychology, 1991, Ph.D. Psychology, 1994) is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the American University in Bulgaria. He formerly taught for 18 years at the University of Castilla-La Mancha (Spain). He has published a monograph on the problematics of body image, a text on qualitative assessment techniques in Speech and Language Therapy, a guidebook for dementia caregivers, and dozens of papers and chapters in the fields of mental health, qualitative social research methods, and analyzing common and impaired conversation. He is currently involved in developing, promoting, and disseminating ways of improving the quality of life of dementia patients based on everyday support from their close family or residential environment. This practically means supporting caregivers with workshops and counseling and analyzing demented conversation to identify and describe common adaptative communication strategies.
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