The COVID-19 pandemic causes numerous impacts on the mental health, ranging from expected reactions of acute stress to more pronounced complications, which can decompensate pre-existing psychopathological conditions or trigger new ones. The purpose of this study is to identify and analyze risk factors for suicide that may be exacerbated by the global health emergency situation. The narrative review allowed mapp...
Early management of mental health crises is important for a good prognosis and treatment adherence. Ideas have been proposed to address crisis situations at home, aiming to reduce hospitalizations and medication doses and to increase care satisfaction. Identifying experiences of home care for mental health crises can support managers and professionals in proposing innovative practices. This article aims to desc...
There is a high prevalence of drug use among psychiatric patients, favoring worse prognosis and situations of vulnerability. The aim of this study was to understand the perception and management of mental health professionals related to the use of drugs among people receiving psychiatric care. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 16 professionals. Through thematic analysis, three categories were const...
AIMS: to evaluate the implementation process of Screening and Brief Interventions for the Problematic Use of Alcohol (PUA) in primary health care in the city of Coari, Amazonas. Methods: management evaluation through a process analysis study, using triangulation methods, with qualitative techniques like focus groups with health professionals and with the training / follow up team; quantitative epidemiological d...
The aim of this study was to understand the meanings produced about smoking by women participating in a group for smokers in Florianopolis, SC, Brazil. Seven participants took part in structured interviews with five open questions. The theoretical framework was social constructionism with two themes: 1) Cigarettes in the womens life cycle 2) Expectations regarding treatment. The repertories used to describe th...
Work is a source of satisfaction for a lot of human necessities, but can also be a source of illness when it has stress risk factors and the worker does not have enough resources to protect himself from these risks. The aim of this study is to verify, among the nursing staff from the Emergency Care of a Health Center School, the occurrence and the sources of stress, the coping strategies used by the staff and t...