Laura Šalčiūnaitė – Nikonovė psichologė
Laura Šalčiūnaitė – Nikonovė
Medical psychologist
AREAS OF ACTIVITY:
Consultations
Treatment of psychological disorders
INFORMATION ABOUT THE DOCTOR
Since 2021 Medical psychologist at Pain Treatment and Spinal Surgery Clinic AGATAS
Since 2020 Assisting lecturer at Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Health Psychology Department
Since 2020 Senior Laboratory scientist at Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Behavioral Medicine laboratory
2018 - 2020 Medical Psychology Master's degree studies at Lithuanian University of Health Sciences
2014 - 2018 Medical Psychology Bachelor's degree studies at Lithuanian University of Health Sciences
Moksliniai straipsniai:
Šalčiūnaitė, L., & Pranckevičienė, A. (2020). Learning to deal with problematic usage of the internet. Brussels: Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) 2020. [Book review]. Biological psychiatry and psychopharmacology, 22 (2), 28.
Buda, G., Lukoševičiūtė, J., Šalčiūnaitė, L. & Šmigelskas, K. (2020). Possible effects of social media use on adolescent health behaviors and perceptions. Psychological Reports. DOI: 10.1177/0033294120922481
Šalčiūnaitė, L., & Leonas, L. (2019). The Role of conditioning and expectancy in placebo: simulating caffeine effect on attentional functions. Biological psychiatry and psychopharmacology, (21):2.
Books:
Šmigelskas, K., Lukoševičiūtė, J., Slapšinskaitė, A., Vaičiūnas, T., Bulotaitė, J., Žemaitaitytė, M., Šalčiūnaitė, L., Zaborskis, A. (2019). Lifestyle and health of Lithuanian schoolchildren: 2018 situation and trends. HBSC study. Kaunas: Publishing House of the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences.
Other publications and scientific reports:
Šalčiūnaitė, L. (June 11, 2021). Psychoeducation of oncological pain [Oral presentation]. LSMU MA Clinic of Anesthesiology and Lithuanian Pain Society remote scientific practical conference "Challenges of Oncological Pain Relief", Kaunas.
Šalčiūnaitė, L. (May 3, 2021). Emotional management of back pain [Oral presentation]. LSMU MA Anesthesiology Clinic and Lithuanian Pain Society remote scientific practical conference "World Year of Back Pain Awareness", Kaunas.
Šalčiūnaitė, L. (March 24, 2021). The impact of violence on adolescent development and health [Oral presentation]. Remote conference "The gray zone of violence: do Lithuanian vocational training institutions fall into it", LSMU, Kaunas.
Šalčiūnaitė, L., Pranckevičienė, A. (October 5, 2020). Psychologist "On the Wire" [Oral presentation]. Remote Annual Conference of Clinical and Health Psychologists, Lithuanian Psychological Association.
Šalčiūnaitė, L., Leonas, L., Sapranavičiūtė-Zabazlajeva, L. (2020, September 12-15). Theory of mind in chronic pain: the relationship between mentalizing abilities, pain perception and emotional – awareness [Poster presentation, remote]. 33rd ECNP Congress Hybrid, Lisbon, Portugal.
Šalčiūnaitė, L. (February 7, 2020). Psychologist's recommendations for a pain patient [Oral presentation]. LSMU MA Department of Anesthesiology, Department of Neurology, Lithuanian Pain Society and Lithuanian Association of Headache Specialists, scientific practical conference "Challenges of Chronic Pain Management", Kaunas.
Šalčiūnaitė, L. (2019, March 29-31). Theory of Mind (ToM) functioning test in association with chronic pain and personality traits [Presentation]. ECNP seminar in neuropsychopharmacology: 29-31 March, 2019, Palanga, Lithuania / Psychiatry Clinic at Lithuanian University of Health Sciences. Lithuanian Society of Biological Psychiatry. Association of Young Psychiatrists. [Utrecht]: European College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 2019.
Šalčiūnaitė, L., Sapranavičiūtė-Zabazlajeva, L. (2019, May 23). The links between chronic pain, mentalization and emotional expression [Oral presentation]. Second annual conference "Psychological Science for Health", LSMU, Kaunas.
Šalčiūnaitė, L. (2019). The links between chronic pain, mentalization and emotional expression [Oral presentation] Pain medicine: 16th Lithuanian Pain Society Congress “Pain for the Most Vulnerable”: abstracts: 2019 m. May 24-25, Kėdainiai / Lithuanian Pain Society
society. Kaunas: Medical Press, (43): 73-74.
Šalčiūnaitė, L. (2019). The role of placebo in modifying the effects of caffeine on attention functions [Oral presentation]. Vilnius University Faculty of Philosophy 16th Conference of Young Scientists in Psychology "The Power of Science: To Know or To Act", Vilnius.
2019 m. II vieta už trumpąjį žodinį pranešimą „Lėtinio skausmo, mentalizacijos ir emocijų raiškos sąsajos“, skaitytą 16-ajame Lietuvos skausmo draugijos suvažiavime ir mokslinėje konferencijoje „Skausmas labiausiai pažeidžiamiems“.
2019 m. „I mokslo premija“ už žodinį pranešimą „Placebo vaidmuo, keičiant kofeino poveikį dėmesio funkcijoms“, skaitytą Vilniaus universiteto Filosofijos fakulteto organizuotoje XVI-oje Jaunųjų mokslininkų psichologų konferencijoje „Mokslo galia: žinoti ar veikti“.
2019 m. „ECNP Seminar AWARD“ už žodinį pranešimą „Theory of mind in chronic pain: the relationship between mentalizing abilities, pain perception and personality traits”, skaitytą
seminare „ECNP Seminar in Neuropsychopharmacology“.
Since 2018 Project "Vaikų ir paauglių savižudybių bei patiriamo smurto veiksnių profilaktikos, pagalbos prieinamumo ir teikiamų paslaugų kokybės plėtra" specialist at Lithuanian University of Health Sciences
2020 Junior Research worker "Baltic City Prevention" at Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Health Research Institute
2021 Management Isues of Oncological Pain (Kaunas)
2021 International Lithuania's Psychologists Congress "Patirtis be sienų"
2020 Management Issues of Chronic Pain
2019 16th ESTSS Conference (Rotterdam)
2019 Psychology for Health
2019 16th Lithuania's Pain Association Meeting „Skausmas labiausiai pažeidžiantiems“ (Kėdainiai)
2019 Power of Science: to Know or to Act (Vilnius)
2019 ECNP Seminar in Neuropsichopharmacology (Palanga) 2018 NEUROSCIENCE: from theory to practice (Palanga) 2018 safeTALK training (Kaunas)
2018 Psychology for Health (Kaunas)
2018 Sexual Medicine Perspective (Kaunas)
2017 Lithuania's Students Health: Monitoring, Issues and Experience (Kaunas)
2017 Issues, Experience and Future Opportunities in Health Protection Field
2017 Project "Viva psichologija" (Vilnius)
2016 Palliative Medicine Challenges (Kaunas)
2016 Sexual Abuse: Problems and Solutions
2015 Palliative Medicine Training for Volunteers. Theory and Practice (Kaunas)
2015 - 2018 Volunteer: Palliative Medical Health Organization "VšĮ VITA DIGNA"
2016 - 2017 Volunteer: Lithuanian Psychology Association
Since 2020 Member of Lithuania's Psychologists Association. Clinical and Health Psychology Committee
Since 2020 Member of People With Brain Tumor and their Guardian Association