Objective. Compare the attitudes toward mental illness between medical and nursing undergraduate students from a university in India. Methods. A cross sectional descriptive study was carried out among medical (n=154) and nursing undergraduate students (n=168) using Attitude Scale for Mental Illness (ASMI...
O objetivo deste artigo é introduzir o aluno de graduação na área da saúde, em especial o aluno de
Medicina, no campo da psicofarmacoterapia para o tratamento dos transtornos mentais. Para isso, serão
revisados os principais psicofármacos utilizados na atualidade, seus mecanismos de ação, suas i...
The use of novel drugs such as inhaled loxapine (LOXi) for schizophrenia and the off-label use of substances such as sodium nitroprusside (NIT) for the management of mental disorders require further investigation. We aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of LOXi and NIT for the treatment of agitation...
ABSTRACT CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: University students are generally at the typical age of onset of mental disorders that may affect their academic performance. We aimed to characterize the university students attended by psychiatrists at the students’ mental health service (SAPPE) and to compare th...
Com a atual transição demográfica refletida no envelhecimento populacional, as doenças crônicas transmissíveis foram substituídas pelas doenças crônicas não transmissíveis (DCNT), que ocasionam implicações no processo do envelhecimento saudável, para o idoso e para as famílias, havendo a n...
El presente trabajo tiene como objetivo establecer la prevalencia del Síndrome de sobrecarga del cuidador en el familiar del paciente con Esquizofrenia que consultó la Unidad de Emergencia del Hospital Nacional Psiquiátrico durante enero-julio 2013. Se efectuó un estudio cuantitativo de alcance descr...
Objective: To analyze the hospital's capacity of custody and treatment for resocialization of patients with psychic disorders, under security measure. Methods: An empirical, qualitative, interpretive and cross-sectional study was carried out in a hospital of custody and treatment (HCT) of a city in the ...