Objetivo: Estimar a prevalência de depressão e ansiedade entre os alunos do primeiro ao sexto ano do curso de medicina da FMUSP e como manifestam a resistência na busca por auxílio psicológico. Método: aplicação dos Inventários de Depressão (BDI) e Ansiedade de Beck (BAI) e Questionário aos alunos matriculados no ano de 2012 na Faculdade de Medicina da USP, bem como do Teste de Apercepção Temática àqueles que preencheram os critérios de resistência à busca de auxílio psicológico. Resultados: Dos 1.034 alunos matriculados na graduação em 2.012, 439 (42,46%) responderam adequadamente o BAI e BDI, sendo que desses, 13,4% sujeitos apresentaram sintomas de ansiedade em nível Leve e 5,5% em nível Moderado. Dentre os 437 Inventários de Depressão respondidos, 16,0% indicaram nível Leve e 4,1% Nível Moderado de depressão. Não houve diferença significativa entre os gêneros em relação aos níveis de depressão e ansiedade encontrados. Dos 82 sujeitos que apresentaram ansiedade em nível Leve e Moderado, 56 (68,3%) afirmaram ter demanda por algum tipo de serviço em saúde mental, mas apenas 12 (14,5%) estavam em tratamento. Dos 87 sujeitos que apresentavam sintomas depressivos em nível Leve e Moderado, 58 (66,7%) apresentaram demanda para tratamento psicológico e somente 17 (19,6%) estavam em terapia. Foram enviadas 109 Cartas-convites aos sujeitos que revelaram interesse em buscar auxílio psicológico e não buscaram e aos que apresentaram sintomas depressivos e ansiosos em nível moderado para participarem do Teste de Apercepção Temática, mas compareceram a essa atividade apenas 7 sujeitos, todos com sintomas de ansiedade e depressão em níveis mínimo e leve. Foram aplicadas 5 pranchas do TAT a esses sujeitos que, de forma geral, revelaram sentimentos que em sua maioria eram negativos ou pessimistas. As ansiedades prevalentes foram as paranoides e as relacionadas ao desempenho de tarefas, as defesas mais percebidas foram a maníaca e a racionalização, a integração do ego variou entre fraca, razoável e boa e a adequação do superego apontou para um superego exigente e rígido. Conclusão: A maioria dos alunos de medicina com ansiedade e depressão em níveis Leve e Moderado apresentou resistência para buscar auxílio psicológico. A resistência se manifestou em dois níveis: um mais intenso, que impede o sujeito de perceber sua doença, seus sintomas e seu próprio sofrimento psíquico; e em um nível menos intenso, em que o sujeito percebe sua doença e/ou sintomas e reconhece a necessidade de buscar auxílio, mas não o procura. A resistência parece estar relacionada a um modo de \"ser\" idealizado, associado a um superego rígido e exigente e compartilhado e perseguido pelo corpo discente / Objective: To estimate the prevalence of depression and anxiety among first-to-sixth year medical students of FMUSP and how they resist to seek mental health support. Methodology: This study used cross-setional survey data from a representative sample of undergraduated medical students (N= 439) that answered Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and a Supplemental Questionnaire. The students that scored positively for depression and anxiety and those who demand for psychological treatment but had not accessed any mental health service were invited to the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT). Results: Of the 1,034 undergraduate students attending the medical school in 2012, 439 (42.46%) responded adequately BAI and BDI, and of them, 13.4% students had symptoms of anxiety in Light Level and 5.5% in Moderate level. Among the 437 BDI that were considered in this survey, 16.0% indicated Light Level and 4.1% Moderate Level of depression. Considering gender, there was no significant difference in the levels of depression and anxiety. Of the 82 students with anxiety in Light and Moderate Level, 56 (68.3%) reported demand for some kind of service in mental health, but only 12 (14.5%) were receiving treatment. Of the 87 subjects with depressive symptoms in Light and Moderate Level, 58 (66.7%) considered seeking for mental health care and only 17 (19.6%) were in therapy. 109 students who have shown interest in seeking psychological help and have not sought and those who had depressive and anxiety symptoms in moderate level were invited to participate to the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT), but only 7 students attended this activity, all with symptoms of anxiety and depression in minimum and light levels. The TAT was used in a reduced version of 5 pictures and, in general, the students\' answers revealed negative or pessimistic feelings. The paranoid anxieties were prevalent and related to performance tasks. The manic and rationalization were the most observed psychic defenses. The ego showed a variation from poor to fair good integration and the superego were pointed as demanding and rigid. Conclusion: Most medical students with anxiety and depression in Light and Moderate levels showed resistance to seek psychological help. The resistance was manifested in two levels: the more intense, which prevents the student to perceive their disease, symptoms and their own psychological distress; and a less intense level, that allows the students to perceive their illness and / or symptoms and recognizes their needs to seek help, but prevents them accessing mental health services. The resistance seems to be associated to idealized way of \"being\", shared by this student population

This study applied the Process Dissociation Procedure (Bornstein, 2002) to test independence between personality processes represented by different implicit measurement techniques. In contrast to the commonly adopted literal view of dual processes in personality theory, the study predicted that two implicit measures (CRT-A and IAT-A) and one explicit measure (NEO-AH) of aggressive disposition would dissociate with each other in their 1) intercorrelations, 2) predictions of behavioral criteria of aggressiveness, and 3) potential moderation by situational cues. These hypotheses were generally, though not completely, supported. Most importantly, the two implicit measures dissociated in their lack of correlation and differential prediction of behavioral criteria, unaffected by changes in situational cues. As predicted, the CRT-A and the NEO-AH dissociated in their intercorrelations, predictions, and moderation by incentives. The IAT-A and the NEO-AH dissociated in their lack of intercorrelation and their differential moderation by changes in incentive conditions. As predicted, only the explicit measure was moderated by changes in incentive conditions. Unexpectedly, IAT-A and the NEO-AH were statistically indistinguishable in their prediction of behavioral criteria of aggression. The findings provided strong support for the hypotheses predicting multiple independent implicit personality processes.

O desejo materno é o responsável pelo funcionamento da função materna e já existe em um tempo anterior ao próprio surgimento do Eu da criança, ou seja, em um tempo em que o funcionamento psíquico desse sujeito recém-nascido está se esboçando. Diante disso, a função do desejo materno na constituição do sujeito é exercida pela nomeação, a qual oferece as bordas do que virá a ser o sujeito do desejo. Pode-se, então, dizer que o desejo materno e a maternagem são fatores estruturantes da vida psíquica de um bebê. Ao se acompanhar o desenvolvimento inicial da relação entre mãe e filho, há a possibilidade de planejar intervenções em caráter preventivo e, portanto, trabalhar com a saúde mental. O objetivo geral da pesquisa foi identificar, em três mães de filhos primogênitos e quatro mães de segundo filho, modificações nas expectativas, nos desejos e nos temores que tinham em relação a si e ao filho durante a gravidez e algum tempo depois de o mesmo ter nascido. Para tanto, por meio de múltiplos estudos de casos longitudinais, incluindo o reteste dos procedimentos de um trabalho anterior, este estudo exploratório utilizou-se da entrevista clínica e de aplicações do Desenho da Figura Humana, segundo a técnica de Machover, e das pranchas 1, 2, 4, 7MF, 8MF e 16 do Teste de Apercepção Temática, instrumentos estes de coleta de dados. A amostra foi composta por um grupo de 7 mulheres que já tinham dado à luz e cujas gestações foram estudadas, em etapa anterior, pelos mesmos instrumentos. A análise estrutural do material obtido por meio dos Testes Projetivos, seguida da análise temática do conteúdo da entrevista, resultou em uma interpretação psicodinâmica global que integrou todo o material do caso. Os procedimentos de análise foram repetidos para cada um dos sete casos os quais foram posteriormente comparados. Os resultados foram ilustrados com os protocolos clínicos obtidos, cujos recortes foram organizados - a fim de definir os movimentos do desejo e da posição materna antes e após o nascimento do filho - a partir de quatro categorias, a saber: a posição psíquica de mãe; suposição do sujeito; aspectos do desenvolvimento do filho da realidade e da relação entre mãe e filho; e relações na família e aspectos sócio-culturais. Após cuidadoso estudo do material, constatou-se que os sentimentos maternos são um conjunto complexo de fatores que interagem entre si, sobredeterminando-se. Soma-se a isso o fato de que cada sujeito materno é único e traz consigo uma história diferente que se modifica pela e na presença do filho. Após coletar dados longitudinalmente observou-se que o criterioso estudo da psicodinâmica das sete mulheres ao longo da gravidez, fazendo-se especial ressalva às contribuições do DFH e do TAT, já apontava para áreas potenciais de conflitos e dificuldades, assim como de facilidades, que poderiam interferir, e que assim o fizeram, no estabelecimento da relação mãe-filho / The maternal desire is responsible for the functioning of the maternal function and already exists even before the time when emerges the Self of the child, that is, at a time when the psychic functioning of the newborn subject is still being outlined. Therefore, the function of maternal desire in the constitution of the subject is performed by nominating and offers the edges of what will be the subject of desire. It is possible then to say that maternal desire and mothering are structuring factors of the psychic life of a baby. By following the initial development of the mother and child relation, it is possible to plan interventions of preventive characteristics and consequently work with mental health. The general purpose of this research was to identify, in three mothers of firstborn children and four mothers of second son, changes in expectations, desires and fears they had about themselves and about the child, during pregnancy and some time after they were born. For this purpose, through multiple longitudinal case studies, including re-testing procedures of previous work, this exploratory study carried out clinical interview and Human Figure Drawing applications, according to the technique of Machover, as well as the application of the pictures 1, 2, 4, 7GF, 8GF and 16 of the Thematic Apperception Test, as instruments of data gathering. The sample comprised a group of 7 women who had already given birth to their children and whose pregnancies were studied in previous phase, with the same instruments. The structural analysis of the material obtained from the Projective Tests, followed by thematic analysis concerning the contents of the interview resulted in an overall psychodynamic interpretation that integrated all the material of the case. The procedures of analysis were repeated for each of the seven cases, which were subsequently compared. The results were illustrated with the clinical protocols obtained, whose cuttings were organized - in order to define the movements of desire and maternal position before and after the birth of the child - based on four categories, namely: the psychic position of the mother; the supposition of the subject; aspects of the development of the son of reality, as well as aspects of the mother and child relation; and family relations plus socio-cultural aspects. After careful study of the material, it was observed that the maternal feelings are a complex set of factors that interact, overdeterminating themselves. It must be added to this, the fact that each maternal subject is unique and brings with her a different story, and that it is modified by and in the presence of the child. After collecting data longitudinally it was observed that the careful psychodynamics study of the seven women during pregnancy, with special exception to the contributions of the HFD and the TAT, had already pointed to potential areas of conflict and difficulties as well as facilities that could interfere, and did so, in the establishment of the relation mother-child

O objetivo foi avaliar a vulnerabilidade do HIV de detentas da P.F.B.. Utilizou-se técnicas sorológicas e TAT. 290 detentas entrevistadas com questionário sobre comportamentos e hábitos destas mulheres e parceiros sobre: promiscuidade sexual; UDI; DST. Avaliou-se com detentas: mitos, crenças, idade, escolaridade e conhecimento HIV. A soroprevalência para HIV foi obtida e relacionada com os comportamentos de risco por análise univariada, com a utilização de tabelas de contingência entre variáveis de risco e resultado de sorologias (HIV, HVC e sífilis para as detentas) para obtenção de Odds Ratio e com a utilização de testes estatísticos de qui quadrado e exato de Fisher para um nível de significância de 5%. A positividade HIV-13,85%; anti-pallidum -22,76% ; anti-HCV -16,21%. 46 detentas fizeram o TAT, interpretados num único TAT-perfil típico destas mulheres / In order to evaluate the vulnerability by HIV, 290 female prisoners of F.B.P. were interviewed and bled for serological analysis and submited to TAT techniques. The questions were related to behavior and habits of those women and their partner, according to: promiscuous sexual relationships, use of injectec ilegal drugs and sexually transmitted diseases. We also analysed the prisoners myths, beliefs, age, school degree and general knowledge of HIV. The seroprevalence of HIV was associated to risky behaviors by means of univariate, Qui-Squared or Exact of Fisher tests. We found 13.85% of seropositives to HIV, 22.76% to anti-pallidum and 16.21% to anti-HCV. 46 prisoners were submitted to TAT, whose life stories were elucidated through one summarised, typic profile of these women

The mystery surrounding serial homicide is the apparent lack of motive for the murder. No extrinsic motive such as robbery, financial gain, passion or revenge exists, as there usually is in the case of other murders. Serial homicide is a serious, worldwide problem that has received a large amount of media attention, but only a relatively small amount of scientifically based research exists on this phenomenon. Since the 1970s various models such as the psychosocial theory model, learning theory, the motivational, fantasy, neurological theory, psychiatric, post-modern, feminist and the paranormal/demonological models were used to explain the phenomenon of serial homicide. The researcher, however, states that these models do not satisfactorily address the intrapsychic/object relation development of the serial killers personality. The structure of the research project consists of analysis of the background information of two serial killers which was gathered from one semi-structured personal interview, psychometric testing (Thematic Apperception Test, Test of Object Relations and the Picture Test of Separation and Individuation) as well as from relevant literary sources. The information was interpreted using the selected psychoanalytic theory of Sigmund Freund and the object relation theory of Melanie Klein and the data was then analysed, interpreted and tested against the following research questions: “What is the intrapsychic origin of serial homicide?”; “What is the parent-child relationship like?”; “How does the parent-child relationship influence the object relations of the serial killer?”; “How does the parental relationship influence the serial killer’s interpersonal relationships?”. These questions determine the specific internalised factors that may have contributed to the eventual development of a serial killer’s personality. The research method that is employed is a qualitative, exploratory case study method. A qualitative study was selected due to the fact that there are currently not enough incarcerated serial killers in South Africa and from those incarcerated serial killers only two were willing to participate in the research. The case study method was selected because it deals with contemporary events, multiple data sources may be used and the findings can be generalised to other case studies. Data gathering was done by psychometric testing (TAT, PTSI and TOR), a semi-structured interview and other biographical information on the subjects. The data was analysed by the descriptive-dialogic case study method. The data integration method that was selected is the data integration method of the descriptive-dialogic case study method. The data was discussed in relation to the already developed theories. This implies that parallels were drawn between the processed information and the theories. Similarities and differences between the two case studies were discussed and a general overview of the intrapsychic structure of the serial killer was stated. / Dissertation (MA (Psychology))--University of Pretoria, 2006. / Psychology / unrestricted

The purpose of this study was to determine whether there is a difference in communication between parents and adolescents in restructured and structured families. To supplement the literature, two groups of adolescents were given questionnaires on parent child communication. The experimental group was from restructured families while the control group was from structured families. An in depth study through interviews and Thematic Apperception Tests was done. Furthermore, the researcher supported her study by exploring case studies, group therapy sessions and some sessions during her years of internship. Besides the fact that there was no significant difference in communication between these groups, language as a factor in communication seemed to have a significant impact. In the eight moments (criteria) under which the questions of the questionnaire were categorized, it came out that good communication is not dependent on the structure of the family but on the interaction of individuals within any family. / Psychology of Education / M. Ed. (Guidance and Counselling)

The purpose of this study was to determine whether there is a difference in communication between parents and adolescents in restructured and structured families. To supplement the literature, two groups of adolescents were given questionnaires on parent child communication. The experimental group was from restructured families while the control group was from structured families. An in depth study through interviews and Thematic Apperception Tests was done. Furthermore, the researcher supported her study by exploring case studies, group therapy sessions and some sessions during her years of internship. Besides the fact that there was no significant difference in communication between these groups, language as a factor in communication seemed to have a significant impact. In the eight moments (criteria) under which the questions of the questionnaire were categorized, it came out that good communication is not dependent on the structure of the family but on the interaction of individuals within any family. / Psychology of Education / M. Ed. (Guidance and Counselling)