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Martinaki Sofia

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Assistant Professor

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Email

smartinaki@uniwa.gr

Phone

(+30) 2105381205

Office Address

D Building, 3rd floor, Office 307, Ancient Olive Grove Campus, University of West Attica, Thivon 250 Egaleo, Athens, Greece, 12241

Office Hours

Tuesday 13.00-15.00 and Thursday 12.00-14.00

Academic area

Clinical social work

 

Teaching modules

  • Social work in Mental Health
  • Forensic social work
  • Social Work in Health care
  • Practice Placement with Supervision I

 

Brief CV

Sophia Martinaki is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Social Work MSc, PhD, PostDoc at the Department of Social Work. She is also a research associate at the 1st  Psychiatric Clinic of the University of Athens – Eginitio Hospital where she worked from 1990 until she took up her new duties as a faculty member.

During the years 2014-2018 she taught at the Department of Social Work of TEI of Athens and from 2018-2022 she taught as adjunct academic staff at the Department of Social Work of University of West Attica. She has taught in a postgraduate program of TEI of Crete and continues to teach in postgraduate programs of the Medical School of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and the Medical School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

She has been trained in Cognitive Psychotherapy and Trauma Therapy with the EMDR method.

Her writing work includes books, editing of collective volumes, translations and editing of books, some of which are higher education textbooks. Also she has several scientific publications in magazines and collective volumes  . She participates in international and Greek conferences and workshops. She is a reviewer for the Psychiatry Research, Frontriers in Psychiatry journals.

For her professional work she has received praise from the Ministry of Education (Government Gazette 217/05-02-2013), while for her scientific work she has been awarded at the 28th Panhellenic Conference of Psychiatry (2020) and at the 6th European Conference for Social Work Research (2016). She is a member of scientific societies, as well as organizing, scientific committees of conferences and workshops.

 

  • 2021 PostDoc Diploma , National and Kapodistrian University of Athens , Medical School, Section of Social Medicine, Psychiatry and Neurology 
  • 2013 Doctor of Philosophy,  University of Ioannina, Medical School
  • 2006 Master of Science , University of Ioannina, Medical School
  • 2000 Certificate of Pedagogical and Teaching Adequacy, Department of Education, School of Pedagogical Technological Education. 
  • 1997 Bachelor of Social Work (BSW), Department of Social Work, Technological Educational Institute (TEI) of Athens
  • 1991 Bachelor in Nursing (BA), Department of Nursing, Technological Educational Institute of Athens 

 

  • Adult Mental Health 
  • Dangerousness of mental health patients 
  • Involuntary psychiatric admissions
  • Forensic social work issues
  • Social Psychiatry
  • Early Intervention psychosis 

 

 

 

    • Martinaki S. Forensic Social Work (2022). BETA Medical Arts Publications [ISBN: 978-960-452-332-0] 
    • Martinaki S. (2021).Introduction to  Forensic Social Work: Principles, Methods and Clinical Approaches. BETA Medical Arts Publications [ISBN: 978-960-452-320-7]. 
    • Martinaki S., Bourikos D. (2014).Social Work and Mental Health. (Edited). BETA Medical Arts Publications [ ISBN: 978-960-452-178-4].
    • Collins, D., Jordan, C., & Coleman, H. (Edited by X. Asimopoulos and S. Martinaki) (2017).Social work with families.  Beta Publications. [ISBN 978-960-452-250-7].
    • Amador X. (Edited by S. Martinaki and A. Papaioannou (2017). I am not sick. I don’t need help!. BETA Medical Arts Publications [ISBN:978-960-452-253-8].
    • Webster C.D., Douglas K.S., Eaves D., Hart S.D.. Tsoepelas, S. Martinaki, A. Lambraki (2009) Risk assessment for violent behaviour, 2nd edition. BETA Medical Arts Publications [ ISBN:978-960-452-070-1].
    • Gouga, G., Martinaki, S. & Asimopoulos, C. (2020). Prejudices, social change, and diversity: theoretical insights and research findings under review. In B. Krzywosz-Rynkiewicz & V. Zorbas (Eds.), Citizenship at a Crossroads: Rights, Identity, and Education (pp. 254 – 262). Prague, CZ: Charles University and Children’s Identity and Citizenship European Association. ISBN: 978-80-7603-104-3
    • Alexandri H., Kioulos  K.T., Martinaki  S., Economou  M., &  Bergiannaki J-D. (2015). Gender differences in social characteristics and their impact in contemporary work stress. In C. Soldatos, D. Dikeos, P. Ruiz, D. Bhugra, M. Riba (Eds), Pluralism in Psychiatry II. Multidimensional considerations, pp.157-162. Balogna:Medimond. ISBN: 978-88-7587-722-4
    • Dimitrakopoulos S., Kioulos K., Alexandri H., Martinaki S., Economou M., Bergiannaki J-D. (2015). Contemporary debt crisis and psychosocial consequenses on women working conditions. In: C. Soldatos, D. Dikeos, P. Ruiz, D. Bhugra, M. Riba (Eds) Pluralism in Psychiatry II. Multidimensional considerations, pp.163-166. Balogna: Medimond. ISBN: 978-88-7587-722-4
    • K. Kontoangelos, D. Soulis, St. Soulaidopoulos, Ch.K. Antoniou, S. Tsiori, Ch. Papageorgiou, S. Martinaki, I. Mourikis, K. Tsioufis, Ch. Papageorgiou & V. Katsi (2023). Health Related Quality of Life and Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Behavioral  Medicine , DOI: 10.1080/08964289.2023.2202847
    • Kontoangelos, K., Raptis, A., Lambadiari,   V., Economou,  M., Tsiori,  S., Katsi, V., Papageorgiou, Ch., Patsouris, V., Martinaki, S., Yiannopoulou, K., Dimitriadis, G., Papageorgiou Ch. (2022). Burn out and diabetes mellitus: a critical analysis. Clinical Practice & Epidemiology in Mental Health, 18. doi: 10.2174/17450179-v18e2209010
    • Martinaki, S., Kostaras, P., Michailovic, N., Papaioannou, A., Asimopoulos, Ch., Masdrakis, V., Angelopoulos E.(2021). Psychiatric admissions as a risk factor for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Psychiatry Research  305, 114176
    • P. Kostaras, S. Martinaki  , Ch. Asimopoulos, M. Maltezou  , Ch. Papageorgiou (2020). The use of the Symptom Checklist 90-R in exploring the factor structure of mental disorders and the neglected fact of comorbidity. Psychiatry Research,294,113522
    • Asimopoulos, Ch., Martinaki, S., Papaioannou, A. (2020). Correlation between emotional intelligence and problem-solving skills of Greek social work students. Comunitania: International Journal of Social Work and Social Sciences,20,33-50
    • Asimopoulos, Ch., Martinaki, S., Kontogianni, E., Kompoti, D. (2019). Public attitudes employees’ attitudes toward Roma in greece: The need for a social response. Journal of Sociology and Social Work, 7(2), 105-114
    • Asimopoulos, Ch., Martinaki, S., Kompoti, D., Kontogianni, E., Gouga, G. (2019). Anti-Roma prejudice in Greece: A challenge for social work. Comunitania: International Journal of Social Work and Social Sciences, 18, 85-100.
    • Asimopoulos, Ch. Martinaki, S. (2019). An investigation into social work students’ attitudes  toward people with mental illness in Greece, International Journal of Culture and Mental Health, 11(1),1-11
    • Asimopoulos, Ch., Martinaki, S., Maniadaki, E. (2018). Problem-solving skills and mental health of social work students in Greece. The Journal of Social Sciences Research, 4(11), 220-228
    • Psarros, C., Malliori, M., Theleritis C., Martinaki, S., Bergiannaki, J-D. (2016). Psychological support for caregivers of refugees in Greece. The Lancet, 388(10040), 130
    • Martinaki S., Tsopelas C., Ploumpidis D., Douzenis A., Tzavara H., Skapinakis P., Mavreas  V. (2013). Evaluation of dangerousness of Greek mental patients. Psychiatriki 24(3), 185-196
    • C. Psarros, C.G. Theleritis, S. Martinaki, I.D. Bergiannaki (2008). Traumatic reactions in firefighters after wildfires in Greece. The Lancet, 371(9609), 301

 

 

Administrative position/ Partnerships

  • Research Associate at the 1st Psychiatric Clinic of the University of Athens – Eginitio Hospital (2022- today)
  • Supervisor of social workers of the 1st Psychiatric Clinic of the University of Athens Eginitio Hospital (2015- present)

 

Positions in committees and scientific/research institutions

  • Member of the Special Committee for the Protection of the Rights of Persons with Mental Disorders (2022 – present)
  • Member of the Standing Committee for Monitoring the Implementation of the National Plan for Mental Health, Ministry of Health , Directorate of Mental Health (2021- present)
  • Member of the Committee for the Management of the Transition of Mentally Ill Patients to Psychosocial Rehabilitation Units, Ministry of Health, Administration of the 1st Ministry of Health (2019- August 2022)
  • Member of the Committee for the Provision of a Consensus Opinion for the Granting of a Transplantation License by the National Transplantation Agency to persons with whom the living donor has a personal relationship and emotional attachment of the Ministry of Health, Directorate General of Administrative Services and Technical Support, Directorate of Human Resources and Administrative Support (2019).
  • Founding member of the Hellenic Forensic Association (2011-present)
  • Member of the Hellenic Association of Social Workers (2010-present).