1. Child and Adolescent Psychosocial Care Center service use profile in Brazil: 2008 to 2012

Objective: To describe the service use profile of Child and Adolescent Psychosocial Care Centers (Centro de Atenção Psicossocial Infanto-Juvenil [CAPSi]) in Brazil regarding diagnostic categories, sociodemographic aspects, and care modalities between 2008 and 2012. Methods: A descriptive, ecological study was performed using data from the Unified Health

Braz. J. Psychiatry.. Publicado em: 06/12/2018

2. A disfunção temporomandibular afeta a qualidade de vida?

RESUMO Objetivo Determinar o impacto das disfunções temporomandibulares na qualidade de vida. Métodos Foram incluídos 102 pacientes voluntários (68 mulheres) com idades entre 19 e 86 anos, que buscaram atendimento médico nas clínicas de saúde da universidade e foram avaliados no período de setembro a dezembro de 2013. Os pacientes foram examinad

Einstein (São Paulo). Publicado em: 29/11/2018

3. Assessment of suicidal behavior and factors associated with a diagnosis of prostate cancer

OBJECTIVES: To determine the incidence of suicide risk in a group of patients who have been diagnosed with localized prostate cancer (PC) and to identify the factors that affect suicidal behavior. METHODS: Patients from a tertiary care oncology center in São Paulo, Brazil participated in this study and were interviewed after being diagnosed with low-risk

Clinics. Publicado em: 14/11/2018

4. Twelve-month utilization rates and adequacy of treatment for mental health and substance use disorders in Argentina

Objective: To estimate the 12-month prevalence of mental health services utilization (overall and by type of service sector), the adequacy of treatment provided, and sociodemographic correlates in the Argentinean Study of Mental Health Epidemiology (ASMHE). Methods: The ASMHE is a multistage probability household sample representative of adults in urban ar

Braz. J. Psychiatry.. Publicado em: 08/11/2018

5. LARS&LISA: a universal school-based cognitive-behavioral program to prevent adolescent depression

Abstract Adolescent depression is a prevailing international mental health concern as up to 27% of adolescents experience either subsyndromal depression or a major depressive episode by the age of 18. Depression in adolescence has been found to negatively impact current and future academic achievement, functioning, mental health, and quality of life. Accordi

Psicol. Reflex. Crit.. Publicado em: 29/10/2018

6. Evaluation of Job-Related Anxiety Symptoms Among Brazilian Social Security Medical Experts

OBJECTIVES: The function of a medical expert within the scope of the Brazilian social security system consists of medically evaluating the examinee to draw a conclusive opinion on the person’s working ability capacity and to characterize the disability for social security and assistance purposes. Forensic decisions inevitably converge on two opposite outc

Clinics. Publicado em: 18/10/2018

7. PTSD in mental health outpatient settings: highly prevalent and under-recognized

Objectives: To estimate the current prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and the diagnosis rate of this disorder ascertained by psychiatrists in training. Methods: We interviewed 200 adults under treatment in a university mental health outpatient clinic. The PTSD diagnoses obtained using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV (SCID-IV)

Braz. J. Psychiatry.. Publicado em: 11/10/2018

8. Studying ICD-11 Primary Health Care bodily stress syndrome in Brazil: do many functional disorders represent just one syndrome?

Objective: Disorders characterized by “distressing unexplained somatic symptoms” are challenging. In the ICD-11 Primary Health Care (PHC) Guidelines for Diagnosis and Management of Mental Disorders (ICD-11 PHC), a new category, bodily stress syndrome (BSS), was included to diagnose patients presenting unexplained somatic symptoms. The present study inve

Braz. J. Psychiatry.. Publicado em: 11/10/2018

9. Suicide risk configuration system in a clustered clinical sample: a generalized linear model obtained through the LASSO technique

Objective: To identify clinical and sociodemographic factors that increase or decrease suicidal risk in a clinical sample of subjects seeking mental health care. Method: A cross-sectional study was performed at three health centers in Santiago, Chile. The Parental Bonding Instrument (PBI), Depressive Experience Questionnaire (DEQ), Outcome Questionnaire (O

Braz. J. Psychiatry.. Publicado em: 11/10/2018

10. Age and mini-mental state examination score can predict poor-quality spirometry in the elderly: a cross-sectional study

OBJECTIVES: The goal was to identify predictors of poor-quality spirometry in community-dwelling older adults and their respective cutoffs. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional population-based study involving 245 elderly subjects (age≥60 years). The spirometric data were categorized as good or poor quality, and cognitive status was assessed using an adap

Clinics. Publicado em: 08/10/2018

11. Effect of Primary Health Care team actions to protect mental health after natural disasters

Abstract Background There is a high prevalence of emotional disturbances in the population exposed to disasters, and primary health care centers (PHC) could contribute to their prevention. Objective To analyze post-catastrophe associations between PHC variables and population mental health variables. Method Study conducted in Chile one year after an 8.

Cad. saúde colet.. Publicado em: 21/09/2018

12. Factors associated with common mental disorders among female nursing professionals in primary health care

Abstract Objective: To analyze the factors associated with common mental disorders (CMD) in primary care female nursing professionals. Methods: We performed exploratory cross-sectional study, using a structured questionnaire, applied to 451 primary care female nursing professionals from five municipalities of Bahia, Brazil, in a randomly selected sample. T

Psicol. Reflex. Crit.. Publicado em: 06/09/2018