The aim was to analyze perceptions about sexuality, motherhood and abortion, according to socioeconomic factors in adolescents aged 15 to 19 years, high school students, in the Greater Vitoria Metropolitan Region - Espirito Santo, Brazil. Cross-sectional school-based study with 2,292 students, carried out in 2016/2017, through a structured interview. The instrument “Questionnaire of Values and Beliefs about Sex...
OBJECTIVES: To report the prevalence and factors associated with the use of benzodiazepines in the general population and those with a mental health condition in the metropolitan area of Sa˜o Paulo, Brazil. METHODS: 5,037 individuals from the Sao Paulo Megacity Mental Health Survey data were interviewed using the Composite International Diagnostic Interview, designed to generate DSM-IV diagnoses. Additionally, ...
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OBJECTIVES: To investigate the relative importance of common physical and mental disorders with regard to the number of days out-of-role (DOR; number of days for which a person is completely unable to work or carry out normal activities because of health problems) in a population-based sample of adults in the São Paulo Metropolitan Area, Brazil. METHODS: The São Paulo Megacity Mental Health Survey was administe...
OBJECTIVE: To investigate drinking patterns and gender differences in alcohol-related problems in a Brazilian population, with an emphasis on the frequency of heavy drinking. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted with a probability adult household sample (n = 1,464) in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. Alcohol intake and ICD-10 psychopathology diagnoses were assessed with the Composite International Diagn...
A conscientização de que os transtornos mentais representam um sério problema de saúde pública é relativamente recente, ocorrendo a partir da publicação do estudo The Global Burden of Disease pela Organização Mundial da Saúde. Diferenças de gênero na incidência, prevalência e curso de transtornos mentais, assim como na apresentação clínica e na resposta terapêutica, têm sido extensivamente demonstradas por estu...