Educational Intervention Project "R.E.D. Bull(ying)"

Introduction: Adolescence is a stage of life cycle marked by various physical, psychological and social changes. During this stage, young people are faced with the feeling of threat of identity, which may trigger aggressive behaviours. Bullying is a form of school violence with high prevalence, that shouldn't be a "normal" occurrence or a event that young people should experience during the transition between childhood and adolescent. In order to reduce the prevalence of bullying in the school community, we elaborated the Educational Intervention Project "R.E.D. BULL(ying)", with the specific objectives: Evaluate the knowledge level about bullyng, before and after the Project, and increase the level of literacy about the subject in the school community (students and teachers). Methodology: Our target population consisted in a total of 203 students from 5th to 9th grade and 13 teachers of school. It's a cross-sectional study of research - action, with the application of a diagnostic questionnaire, before and after, we conducted the educational sessions. Results: After the educational sessions, 93,1% of students identified what to do in a bullying situation, and 62,6% of students responded that in an assault situation, called an adult; 95,1% said they knew what was bullying, 56,8% associated the concept to physical aggression and 92,6 % mentioned to know the types of bullying, and physical bullying (71,9%) and verbal bullying (69,5%) were the most mentioned types. Meanwhile, the teachers: 76,9% considered that the school environment was pleasant, 84,6% characterized the relationship between the students as "adequate" and 77% said they didn't experience any bullying situation. Conclusions: We found an overall improvement to the level of bullying related knowledge after the educational intervention. So, we verified that the integrated intervention in the school health teams, allows greater attention to the detection, signalling and routing situations of violence.

EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTION PROJECT "R.E.D. BULL(YING)"

Introduction: Adolescence is a stage of life cycle marked by various physical, psychological and social changes. During this stage, young people are faced with the feeling of threat of identity, which may trigger aggressive behaviours. Bullying is a form of school violence with high prevalence, that shouldn't be a "normal" occurrence or a event that young people should experience during the transition between childhood and adolescent. In order to reduce the prevalence of bullying in the school community, we elaborated the Educational Intervention Project "R.E.D. BULL(ying)", with the specific objectives: Evaluate the knowledge level about bullyng, before and after the Project, and increase the level of literacy about the subject in the school community (students and teachers). Methodology: Our target population consisted in a total of 203 students from 5th to 9th grade and 13 teachers of school. It's a cross-sectional study of research - action, with the application of a diagnostic questionnaire, before and after, we conducted the educational sessions. Results: After the educational sessions, 93,1% of students identified what to do in a bullying situation, and 62,6% of students responded that in an assault situation, called an adult; 95,1% said they knew what was bullying, 56,8% associated the concept to physical aggression and 92,6 % mentioned to know the types of bullying, and physical bullying (71,9%) and verbal bullying (69,5%) were the most mentioned types. Meanwhile, the teachers: 76,9% considered that the school environment was pleasant, 84,6% characterized the relationship between the students as "adequate" and 77% said they didn't experience any bullying situation. Conclusions: We found an overall improvement to the level of bullying related knowledge after the educational intervention. So, we verified that the integrated intervention in the school health teams, allows greater attention to the detection, signalling and routing situations of violence.

Monitorização Precoce dos Sinais de Alerta de Agressão em Psiquiatria Forense

Introdução: Cerca de 10% dos doentes desenvolvem comportamentos agressivos tornando-se necessário perceber que variáveis, previamente reconhecidas, contribuem para a ocorrência de agressão e, concomitantemente, que ferramentas atuam como respostas de prevenção e estratégias de gestão e controlo do risco. Metodologia: A adequação das respostas terapêuticas depende de uma correta avaliação precoce dos sinais de alerta de agressão, pelo que se recorreu ao ?Forensic Early Signs of Aggression Inventory? (FESAI) por favorecer a compreensão da dinâmica dos mesmos; e proporcionar o envolvimento do doente na sua monitorização e recuperação, constituindo uma preciosa ajuda para os enfermeiros, quer no sedimentação das relações interpessoais, quer na melhoria da intervenção precoce. Neste sentido, propõe-se desenvolver um estudo quantitativo, exploratório e correlacional, a partir de uma realidade contextualizada num serviço de internamento de psiquiatria forense. Objetivos: Analisar e monitorizar a prevalência dos sinais de alerta precoce de agressão através do uso do FESAI, com a finalidade de averiguar a pertinência da sua implementação na realidade portuguesa e avaliar a influência do diagnóstico clínico nos sinais de alerta precoce de agressão. Resultados: Da amostra utilizada verificou-se que os sinais de alerta precoce de agressão que prevalecem são ?desânimo, ansiedade e isolamento social?, sendo o comportamento agressivo condicionado pelo uso da psicofarmacologia, que conduz a perda de energia e prostração e, consequentemente, a uma inevitável deterioração social. Importa, portanto, equacionar que no contexto da realidade portuguesa os resultados obtidos condicionam a validação do FESAI, quer pela redutibilidade da amostra, quer pela conduta que se assume na psiquiatria forense em Portugal. Conclusão: Apesar das limitações que o estudo apresenta, verificou-se que a relevância clínica do FESAI acentua-se por permitir capturar uma ampla variedade de sinais de alerta individuais, constituindo uma preciosa ajuda aos enfermeiros para auxiliar na gestão de comportamentos perturbadores em contexto de internamento, seja qual for o diagnóstico clínico do doente, pelo que deve ser implementado.