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Transcranial magnetic stimulation and transcranial direct current stimulation appear to be safe neuromodulatory techniques useful in the treatment of anxiety disorders and other neuropsychiatric disorders

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 74 (10), 2016
ABSTRACT Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) has recently been investigated as a possible adjuvant treatment for many neuropsychiatric disorders, and has already been approved for the treatment of drug-resistant depression in the United States and in Brazil, among other countries. Although its use in...

Independent Life Skills among psychosocial care network users of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Ciênc. saúde coletiva; 21 (8), 2016
Abstract This is a cross-sectional study that aims to identify the prevalence of lower independent living skills and their associations in 390 users of psychiatric community-based services in the state Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. For tracing the outcome it was used the “scale Independent Living Skil...

Direito à saúde mental no sistema prisional: reflexões sobre o processo de desinstitucionalização dos HCTP

Resumo O presente estudo tem por objetivo discutir a estreita relação entre a saúde mental, o sistema de justiça criminal e o sistema prisional, cujas interfaces concretas são o hospital de custódia e tratamento psiquiátrico (HCTP) e a pessoa com transtorno mental em conflito com a lei. Serão apr...

Common Elements Treatment Approach based on a Cognitive Behavioral Intervention: implementation in the Colombian Pacific

Abstract Due to the limited supply of mental health services for Afro-Colombian victims of violence, a Common Elements Treatment Approach (CETA) intervention has been implemented in the Colombian Pacific. Given the importance of improvement in mental health interventions for this population, it is necess...

Outcomes of inpatients with severe mental illness: a naturalistic descriptive study

Objective: To describe and evaluate the response and predictors of remission during inpatient treatment in a psychiatric unit in a general hospital based on symptomatology, functionality, and quality of life (QoL). Methods: Patients were admitted to a psychiatric unit in a tertiary general hospital in B...

Promovendo o empoderamento através de ações de enfermagem na extensão universitária

Ciênc. cuid. saúde; 15 (2), 2016
RESUMO O objetivo desta pesquisa é descrever as ações de enfermagem promotoras de empoderamento aos participantes da extensão universitária. Trata-se de estudo quantitativo retrospectivo, desenvolvido a partir da técnica de pesquisa documental de dados que emergiram do Projeto de Extensão "O cuida...

Reforma Psiquiátrica no Rio de Janeiro: situação atual e perspectivas futuras

Resumo O artigo analisa a rede de saúde mental do município do Rio de Janeiro, objetivando efetuar um balanço sobre a atual situação da implementação da Reforma Psiquiátrica e apontar avanços, limites e desafios. Foi realizada pesquisa documental através de documentos oficiais, portarias, banco...

Day hospital and psychosocial care center: Expanding the discussion of partial hospitalization in mental health

Summary Introduction: Since the second half of the twentieth century the discussions about mental patient care reveal ongoing debate between two health care paradigms: the biomedical/biopsychosocial paradigm and the psychosocial paradigm. The struggle for hegemony over the forms of care, on how to deal ...

Psychiatry, bio-epistemes and the making of adolescence in southern Brazil

Abstract Drawing on an ethnographic study in southern Brazil, this paper explores how therapists’ attempts to “resist bioreductionist” pharmaceutical use both succeed and crumble. Using a comparative framing, I show that pharmaceuticalization can become an anesthetizing “lid”...

Integrity of cognitive functions in trigeminal nerve stimulation trials in neuropsychiatry