Estudo epidemiológico do perfil do idoso institucionalizado do interior paulista

The increase in the elderly population is a worldwide phenomenon and has different consequences not only in terms of health, but also in terms of economy. One of those consequences is the institutionalization. The understanding of this process, as well as of the reality of the institutionalized elderly is essential to develop policies of care. Goals: a) present the epidemiological profile of institutionalized elderly who live in institutions in the countryside of São PauloState and describe the development of an extension project implemented in two elderly-care institutions (IRLPI’s). Methods and procedures: data were collected in three forms, from which it was possible to verify: a) institutional data; b) social data and c) data about general and mental health. The data related to health were collected from the medication of continuous use. All data were launched into the database (Access) and subjected to the descriptive statistical analysis. Data related to mental health were confirmed from the application of clinical trials (Geriatric Depression Scale – GDS and Mini Mental State Examination: MMSE).

A intersetorialidade nas publicações acerca do Centro de Atenção Psicossocial Infantojuvenil

Current children and youth mental health policy proposes that actions assumed in this field should be added to many others, so that, in a process of permanent intersectional dialogue integral care is assured, according to the Psychosocial paradigm. This paper reflects upon the intersectional place in the last decade scientific papers published in Brazilian journals, and their Mental Health conceptions. We analyzed fourteen indexed papers which dealt with Brazilian Children and Youth Psychosocial Care Centers (CAPSi). Most of these publications focused on individual clinical watch suggesting that Mental Health is understood as a universal and ontological category dependent on the subject’s intrapsychic mechanisms. Some of these studies make reference to the intersectional matter, although it is not clearly discussed. In sum, we understood that the actions assumed by CAPSi cannot neglect others, and discussions should be seriously considered in the scientific field.

El humano como recurso de las organizaciones hipermodernas: resonancias del poder gerencialista

Nowadays, the current work perspective is characterized by a management economy in which the accounting and financial considerations overlap the human and social considerations. Therefore, there is a creation of a social imaginary dominated by a capitalist and utilitarist logic. With this in mind, we intend, in this theoretical-reflexive study, learn the power resonances and managerialist ideology for the included subjects in the hypermodern organizations. This way, this research was constructed by the light of Psichosociology. The reading through these approaches emphasizes the imaginary dimension, intersubjective and group of the organizations, contributing to the understanding of job relations and worker's mental health.

Entre o cárcere e a liberdade: apostas na produção cotidiana de modos diferentes de cuidar

This paper presents some reflections about the challenge of the Psychiatric Reform (RP) and the National Policy of Humanization (NHP) to change modes of production and health care. Starting at observations about the current scenario , marked by a conservative tendency, the author seeks to explain the care that has freedom as a principle and ethical requirement and that compulsory admissions represents a worrying setback in the public mental health policy. At the end the author points out that both policies (PNH and Mental Health) are bets which are produced in nooks and crevices of the conservative model, which represents an immense challenge.

Estratos

This paper presents a diagram that was produced in the dissertation “Vibrations: Art/Education in Practice and Discourse within Mental Health” which was developed within the Arts Graduate Program at Unesp. From the archaeological perspective proposed by Foucault, it was sought to excavate strata or layers of knowledge built around the concepts of madness, subjectivity and art, in order to emphasize the historical transformations that these conceptions have undergone over time, through words and images.

The role of social skills in social anxiety of university students

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

O impacto da depressão para as interações sociais de universitários

Studies have shown that aversive conditions at the university may have great influence on academic achievement and the development of psychiatric disorders such as depression. In university context, social relations have been investigated over the years, but are scarce publications relating mental health and social skills. Thus, this paper compared a group of college students with a clinical depression with a group without clinical depression for the consequences and feelings that differents responses of social skills may have in social interactions with various interlocutors. A total of 128 students participated, 64 for clinical depression and 64 non-clinical. Questionário de Avaliação de Comportamentos e Contextos para Universitários – QHC – Universitários, Inventário de Fobia Social (Mini-Spin), Inventário de Depressão de Beck (BDI) and Entrevista clínica estruturada para o DSM-IV (SCID-I) were applied. The data were analyzed by test t of Student. The results show that students with depression have a great difficulty about the social skills regardless of which require more or less assertion and general way for all social interactions, either family, friends, roommate and partner.

THE IMPLICATIONS OF A PSYCHOEDUCATION GROUP ON THE EVERYDAY LIVES OF INDIVIDUALS WITH BIPOLAR AFFECTIVE DISORDER

There is growing evidence that the course of Bipolar Affective Disorder (BAD) can be altered by psychotherapeutic approaches, such as Psychoeducation. Therefore, this study was performed with the objective of identifying the implications of a Psychoeducation group on the everyday lives of individuals with BAD. To do this, the authors chose to perform a qualitative case study. Participants included twelve individuals with BAD who had attended at least six meetings of the Psychoeducation Group held at the Sao Jose do Rio Preto Faculty of Medicine (FAMERP). Semi-structured interviews were performed, which were recorded and then transcribed and subjected to Thematic Analysis. The present study showed that the referred group experience promoted the individuals' knowledge acquisition; their awareness regarding the disease and adherence to treatment; their making positive changes in life; the possibility of helping other patients to benefit from the knowledge learned in the group; and their awareness regarding other realities and coping strategies, obtained by exchanging experiences with other participants.

Transtorno afetivo bipolar: perfil farmacoterapêutico e adesão ao medicamento

This cross-sectional and descriptive study aimed to verify the adherence of patients with Bipolar Affective Disorder (BAD) to medication and to identify possible causes of adherence and non-adherence to medication according to the pharmacotherapeutic profile. The study was carried out in a mental health service in a city in the interior of the state of Sao Paulo. Participants included 101 patients with BAD. Structured interviews and the Morisky-Green test were used for data collection, and the Statistical Package for Social Science was employed for data analysis. Most subjects (63%) did not adhere to medication. Although there were no significant differences between the adherent and non-adherent groups for the researched variables, the use of polypharmacotherapy and complex treatment regimens was observed in treatment for BAD. In practice, implementing strategies to improve the adherence of patients to medication treatment remains a challenge.

Implicações de um grupo de Psicoeducação no cotidiano de portadores de Transtorno Afetivo Bipolar

Há evidências crescentes de que o curso Transtorno Afetivo Bipolar (TAB) pode ser modificado por abordagens psicoterápicas, tais como a Psicoeducação. Assim, o objetivo deste trabalho foi identificar as implicações do grupo de Psicoeducação no cotidiano dos portadores. Para tanto, optou-se pelo estudo qualitativo, do tipo Estudo de Caso. Foram incluídos doze portadores de TAB que tiveram pelo menos seis participações no Grupo de Psicoeducação desenvolvido na Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto (FAMERP). Foram realizadas entrevistas semi-estruturadas, gravadas, transcritas e trabalhadas por meio da Análise Temática. Este estudo demonstrou que tal experiência grupal favoreceu a aquisição de conhecimento; a conscientização da doença e adesão ao tratamento; a realização de mudanças positivas na vida; a possibilidade de ajudar outros portadores a se beneficiarem do aprendizado construído no grupo; a descoberta de outras realidades e estratégias de enfrentamento, obtidas por meio da troca de experiências entre os participantes.

Evaluación de los ingresos y los reingresos psiquiátricos agudos en los hospitales públicos de Canarias en el período 2000-2010

Programa de doctorado: Salud pública (epidemiología, planificación y nutrición)

Las marcas de época. La familia y la intervención del trabajador social en diferentes ámbitos y espacios. En: Perspectivas. Nº 9, Año 9.

Este artículo presenta una reflexión sobre las coordenadas macro-sociales de época en sus vertientes objetivas y subjetivas, las configuraciones familiares, diferenciando sectores sociales, principalmente los más favorecidos, los vulnerables y el lugar del Estado. Los tres ejes sobre los que se realiza el anclaje lo constituyen las características del contexto macro social en tanto “marcas de época”, la familia como institución social y el trabajo social. El planteo se suscita a partir de la necesidad de revisar las representaciones, escenarios y abordajes desde el Trabajo Social, recuperando algunos conceptos relacionados con criterios para la acción profesional en general y en particular sobre un tema de la agenda actual de políticas públicas vigente, centrado en la salud mental, los derechos humanos y la intervención desde el trabajo social.

Violencia contra las mujeres : quien calla otorga : buenas prácticas en intervención socio-sanitaria desde una perspectiva de género y derechos humanos

Quien calla otorga, es un manual realizado en el marco de los Proyectos de Divulgación Científico – Tecnológica 2012–2013 del Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), una herramienta que acercamos a las y los operadores socio-sanitarios, a fin de promover prácticas garantizadoras de los derechos humanos. Este material proviene de un largo trayecto de investigación-acción donde desde 2011 hasta la actualidad el equipo responsable ha impulsado una serie de formaciones las cuales fueron un punto de desafío y encuentro donde confluyeron trabajadoras/es de la salud procedentes de distintas formaciones e instituciones, personal de áreas mujer, integrantes de organizaciones de la sociedad civil vinculadas a la promoción de derechos ciudadanos para las mujeres, personal judicial, entre otros; donde se pudo reflexionar en forma conjunta en torno a la cuestión de la violencia y la aplicación de la perspectiva de género, pues ella nos enfrenta a la tarea ardua de aprender desaprendiendo los gestos arraigados en la costumbre y la construcción de conocimiento en un mundo en el que es rutina naturalizar las asimetrías, las desigualdades, las relaciones de dominación y explotación en razón de la clase, del color de la piel, del género, de la sexualidad, de la edad. Quien calla otorga, en tanto va dirigido a profesionales y personal socio-sanitario, es también una forma de denunciar los silencios, las omisiones, las reproducciones de la violencia que muchas veces se constatan en y desde la intervención social y en salud. Entendemos que desde la función pública se está llamado/a no sólo a respetar, sino a garantizar los derechos humanos y en particular, el acceso a la salud y a la justicia. Para ello es necesario favorecer prácticas que terminen con el sexismo, el machismo, la discriminación por edad, sexualidad, identidad de género, procedencia étnica y clase social de quienes acuden a los servicios de salud. Así, el material que les acercamos contiene herramientas concretas tanto teóricas como reflexiones en torno a los orígenes, funcionamiento y perpetuación de la violencia de género, así como otras orientadas a la práctica tales como indicadores de detección y atención en mujeres, sus hijos e hijas, panel de recursos de atención especializada a violencia contra las mujeres en la provincia de Mendoza, panel explicativo del circuito legal y sus posibilidades, sugerencias terapéuticas, entre otros.

Al amparo de la noche. La ruta crítica de las mujeres que se realizan abortos clandestinos en Costa Rica

Para la Colectiva por el Derecho a Decidir, conocer el número de abortos inducidos que se realizan en Costa Rica o el número de denuncias interpuestas ante las autoridades respectivas es importante, mas no suficiente para comprender la verdadera dimensión que tiene esta situación en la vida de las mujeres

Resultados de la investigación sobre las consecuencias emocionales y psicológicas del aborto inducido

International Women's Health Coalition