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A concepção de território na Saúde Mental

Resumo: O termo território e seus derivados se tornaram correntes no campo da Saúde Mental desde a reforma psiquiátrica, marco de ideário não hospitalocêntrico e potencialmente emancipatório. No entanto, constatamos em pesquisa empírica anterior que a essa incorporação terminológica não corre...

Prevalência e perfil epidemiológico do uso de tabaco da população psiquiátrica dos níveis secundário e terciário de atenção comparados à população geral da rede básica de saúde

O uso de tabaco no meio psiquiátrico é um grave problema de saúde pública. Este estudo teve por objetivo estimar a prevalência e identificar o perfil epidemiológico do uso de tabaco da população psiquiátrica dos níveis secundário e terciário de atenção comparados à população geral da red...

Absenteísmo por transtornos mentais em trabalhadores de saúde em um hospital no sul do Brasil

Rev. gaúch. enferm; 37 (1), 2016
RESUMO Objetivo Descrever o perfil de adoecimento por transtornos mentais e comportamentais em trabalhadores de saúde de um hospital de ensino no sul do Brasil. Métodos pesquisa quantitativa, epidemiológica transversal retrospectiva cuja coleta de dados ocorreu por meio de documentos institucionai...

Strategies for coping with family members of patients with mental disorders

ABSTRACT Objective: to identify the coping strategies of family members of patients with mental disorders and relate them to family member sociodemographic variables and to the patient's clinical variables. Method: this was a descriptive study conducted at a psychiatric hospital in the interior of th...

Repercussions of imprisonment for conjugal violence: discourses of men

ABSTRACT Objective: to know the consequences that men experience related to incarceration by conjugal violence. Methods: qualitative study on 20 men in jail and indicted in criminal processes related to conjugal violence in a Court specialized in Family and Domestic Violence against women. The intervie...

Development of the TabacoQuest app for computerization of data collection on smoking in psychiatric nursing

ABSTRACT Objective: to develop a mobile app for research on the use of tobacco among psychiatric patients and the general population. Method: applied research with the technological development of an app for data collection on an Android tablet. For its development, we considered three criteria: data...

Factors associated with problematic drug use among psychiatric outpatients

ABSTRACT Objective: to examine the factors associated with problematic drug use among psychiatric outpatients. Method: a cross-sectional study was carried out in two mental health services. Eligible individuals were patients of these mental health services, who used them within the data collection peri...

Neuropsychiatric symptoms of the elderly with Alzheimer's disease and the family caregivers' distress

ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the relationship between the distress of the family caregiver and the presence of neuropsychiatric symptoms in elderly patients with Alzheimer's disease or mixed dementia. Method: a descriptive, cross-sectional study conducted in the Geriatric and Dementias Clinic of a ...

Reflections on the face of the person with mental illness: an american perspective

Horiz. enferm; 27 (1), 2016
One in five adults and children in the United States experience some form of mental illness. Although there have been amazing developments in science, improved education of a cadre of mental health professionals, enhanced drug therapy, more public funding, and innovative trauma informed care, significant...

The Stabilization of Psychiatric Diagnosis: Psychotropic Drugs as Boundary Objects

Univ. psychol; 14 (spe5), 2015
This paper examines psychiatric diagnosis-making within biomedicine, as studies in this field, especially empirical ones, have attracted little attention throughout the scientific world. The widely accepted assertion, that diagnosis is the result of clinical judgement, will be discussed. Through analysis...