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Clinical stability, diagnosis and catchment area: the patients of a university-...
Oliveira,Iraneide Castro de; Nascimento,Isabella; Coutinho,Evandro Silva Freire; Pinto,Vanessa Andrade Martins; Vilanova,Andrea; Appolinario,José CarlosABSTRACT Objective This study aimed to characterize the patients assisted at the general outpatient clinic of the Psychiatry Institute of Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (IPUB-UFRJ) and to assess these patients’ clinical stability. Methods This cross-sectional study collected information using a structured questionnaire filled in by the patient’s physician. The questionnaire, specifically developed for t...
'La Comunitá La Vela': a psychoanalytically oriented approach to eating disorders
Vilanova,Andrea; Figueiredo,Ana CristinaThe authors discuss the experience of treating eating disorders at a psychoanalytically oriented therapeutic community in Italy. Teamwork and group activities are the bases of the treatment, at least to the point that the experience of the collectivity does not hinder the individual subjective expression of each patient. The treatment includes several different steps in the process of the admittance and release...