Purpose: To assess the prevalence and risk factors for self-injury and suicide attempt in prison in a sample composed of 186 female inmates. Methods: Sociodemographic data, measures of depression, self-destructive behavior, suicide attempt, and other specific questions related to the reality in the prison environment were collected. Results: Self-injury and suicide attempt before incarceration was reported by 1...
Objective: to identify the prevalence of psychological distress and symptoms of depression, anxiety and stress in women deprived of liberty and to evaluate the effect of an intervention with Yoga on the levels of psychological distress, anxiety, stress and depression of women deprived of liberty. Method: Study carried out in the largest and most populous institution of deprivation of liberty in a state in the N...
The gradual increase of violence in Brazilian society has resulted in the expansion of the prison population over the past few years. The growth of prison institutions did not pursue the accelerated growth in the number of prisoners generating inappropriate conditions and penal system, whose character is strongly punitive. These events culminate in a difficulty in practice of human rights, readjustment of citiz...
Aim: to understand the stories of care and the implications of using foot reflexology in the elderly. Method: action research, in which foot reflexology sessions were conducted in elderly residents of a long-stay institution located within Paraiba. The production and analysis of the narratives were made from March to June 2012, through thematic oral story, which originated three themes: The pains of body and so...
Our objective was to rescue stories of mothers of children with mental distress, to identify what are the difficulties experienced by them, as well as the relationships experienced while caring for their child. This is an exploratory, descriptive and qualitative research, conducted at a CAPSi in the city of Campina Grande/PB/Brazil. The sample was composed by five mothers of children with mental distress. The m...