Stigma has been described as the most significant obstacle to quality of life for individuals with major psychiatric diagnoses (Sartorious, 1998). Much of the psychological literature on stigma focuses on individual attributes and interactions at the micro level, rather than macro level dynamics. In critiquing this traditional focus, Link and Phelan (2001) present a model in which stigma ensues when labeling, stereotyping, separation, status loss, and discrimination co-occur in a situation of power imbalance. Even as the model fills a gap in conceptualizing stigma, its emphasis on power is unidirectional and fails to account for power as a form of resistance to stigmatization. This study explores the question of how a consumer/survivor activist perspective can inform the Link and Phelan model of stigma. A semi-structured interview methodology was used to gather qualitative data on the perspectives of 10 activists who are both the targets of stigma and active change agents in resisting stigma. The content of the interviews was thematically analyzed based on an iterative coding approach in order to identify the points of overlap with and divergence from the Link and Phelan model. The results of the study support the applicability of the model for psychiatric stigma. The participants' experiences illustrate which aspects of stigmatization take precedence in this context, indicating significant points for intervention. The anti-stigma work discussed by the participants illustrates the power of grassroots resistance, expanding the understanding of power presented in the model. Emergent discursive themes include the importance of similarity, the rejection of negative portrayals of mental illness, and a focus on a shared continuum of human experience. Participants' emphasis on the importance of having their voices silenced was a particularly recurring motif. Several respondents challenge the premises of the Link and Phelan model. These participants emphasize the positive aspects of diagnosis and labeling, while several other participants reject the choice of the term stigma because it may obscure the structural aspects of discrimination. These findings can serve as a guideline for designing future interventions, and focusing on strategies for social change.

Hensikten med denne studien var å undersøke hvordan unge med diagnosen attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) erfarte denne lidelsen, dens behandling med sentralstimulerende medisin, og konsekvensene diagnosen og medisineringen hadde for deres daglige liv. Metode: En kvalitativ studie med intervju av ti ungdommer i alderen fra 13 – 18 år, hvor alle har diagnosen ADHD og ni var medisinert. Fem av informantene var gutter, fem var jenter. Intervjuene ble tatt opp på lydbånd og analysert etter prinsippene i Grounded Theory. Resultat: De unge definerte sin opplevelse av diagnosen på fire områder. Skole, fritid og venner. Sin egen opplevelse definerte de som; lettelse, skjule diagnosen, annerledes, anstrengelse. De unges opplevelse inngår i en kjernekategori” å leve et dobbelt liv” som inneholder fire hovedkategorier. Det er opplevelsen av å være avvikende, opplevelsen av å kjenne uro for framtiden, det er å føle skam for diagnosen og skjule at de tar medisin. Analysen indikerer en sammenheng mellom diagnose og medisinering og stigma for den enkelte unge på tre av områdene, unntatt hjemmet. Bruk av denne sammenhengen kan bidra til å utvikle et helsefremmende arbeid i forbindelse med diagnostiseringen av ADHD til unge menneske / The aim of the study was to investigate how youths with a diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) experienced the disorder, it`s treatment and the consequences of the diagnosis and treatment on their daily life. Method: Ten youths between 13 and 18 years on age (five were females and five were males) with a diagnosis of attention deficit disorder who were patients in an outpatient unit for children and adolescents were interviewed by the author. The interviews were audiotaped and analyzed by principles and methods of Grounded Theory. Findings: Four main themes/basic areas were identified: Friends, school, leisure time and home. Friends: They characterised their relationships with friends as different. School: their experience of the school was centred around make a secret about the illness. Leisure time was described as to conceal their illness. Home was described as relief. A core category uniting these basic themes was the feeling of having a “double life” the essence of which was feeling shame about the diagnoses, fear of being different form other youths and insecurity about their future. This led to considerable effort being spent on concealing their use of medication. Their view on the medication was dominated by ambivalence. On one hand it helped them handle their daily routines, on the other it was a signal of being different from other youths. The study indicated that essential parts of the subjective life of these youths consisted of thoughts about their diagnosis, negative social consequences and efforts to avoid stigma. / <p>ISBN 978-91-85721-16-0</p>

The aims of this study were to explore professionals’ and clients’ experiences of diagnosis and treatment of auditory verbal hallucinations with a view to identifying important clinical issues for counselling psychologists. Six professionals, three psychologists and three psychiatrists, who had worked with people who hear voices, alongside four clients who hear voices, volunteered and participated in a semi-structured interview. These interviews were transcribed and analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) as described by Smith, Flowers and Larkin (2009). A table of super-ordinate and sub-ordinate themes was created as a result of this analysis. A number of themes arose from both groups of participants’ experiences. The main themes that arose for the professionals was: professional ambivalence; varying theories on causes of voices; perspectives on diagnosis and formulation; perspectives on medication; thoughts on working therapeutically; and, thinking on recovery. The themes that arose from the clients’ experiences were feelings about diagnosis and experiences of treatment. This research concludes that there is professional ambivalence in working with people who hear voices that is caused by a lack of certainty about the causes of the phenomenon alongside a lack of training in working with clients who have symptoms of psychosis. This impacts clients in several ways. The clients in this study were not offered the option to have any involvement in their own care and none of them were offered therapy as a treatment option. The study also concludes that psychiatric diagnosis does not consider all pertinent information related to clients’ issues which can lead to inconsistency in the diagnosis of clients who hear voices.

Augustin Navrátil This thesis addresses the life and work of Augustin Navrátil (1928-2003), a Roman- -Catholic activist from the Moravian township of Lutopecny near Kroměříž. A. Navrátil has not been subject of a complex publication yet, although he is the author of the largest petition demanding religious - and with that going hand in hand also civic - liberties in socialist Czechoslovakia (1988, 600 000 signatures). Followingly, this is the first attempt to biographically outline the personality and motivations of this farmer, politician (member of the party Lidova strana), man who signed Charta 77 but also a husband and father of nine children. The aim is to cover his life from his birth, over his family background to the beginnings and heights of his social engagement. The text will mainly deal with 22 open letters in which he drew attention to various illegal practices and actions of the Communist power, as well as with the three petitions he authored (1978, 1985 a 1988) and the samizdat (self-published) journal Křesťanské obzory (Christian horizons), which he published with a group of others from June 1988 to July 1990. In contrast to most Czech dissidents, he was never sentenced to a prison term for his activities, but he had to involuntarily undergo repeated psychiatric treatment. He was...

Submitted by Rosina Valeria Lanzellotti Mattiussi Teixeira (rosina.teixeira@unisantos.br) on 2015-04-08T18:44:55Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Marcela Potrich Peluffo.pdf: 226215 bytes, checksum: 738e3b8accac2fd4d75e3a41daded914 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-04-08T18:44:55Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Marcela Potrich Peluffo.pdf: 226215 bytes, checksum: 738e3b8accac2fd4d75e3a41daded914 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-03-27 / The World Health Organization estimated depression as the third cause of disability in the ranking of all diseases, responsible for 4.3% loss of healthy life years (DALY). The depressive disorder impairs the ability to function, leading to deficiency in the production of more than 50% of patients. The treatment may be pharmacotherapy, psychotherapy, and in some cases eletroconvulsive therapy. This study examined the prevalence of the use of antidepression medications in the city of São Paulo, Brazil and is part of a large study Pos traumatic stress disorder on the São Paulo city: prevalence, commordity and associated factors. This is a one phase cross-sectional survey carried out in São Paulo, Brazil. A multistage probability to size sampling scheme was performed in order to select the participants (3000). The measurements included psychiatric diagnoses (CIDI 2.1), and psychoactive medications. The interviews were carried between June/2007 February/2008. The statistical analyses will be weight-adjusted in order to take account of the design effects. The frequency of use of psychoactive medications in individuals with depressive disorder 13%, 12,8% make use of antidepressant medication and 8% benzodiazepines, so with a large number of concurrent use of two medications. Among those who are using antidepressants, 63% use selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, 34% use a tricyclic antidepressant and the other 3% make use of selective inhibitors of noradrenaline reuptake and various antidepressants. Was associated with the use of antidepressant medications females (2,7; IC 95% 1,5 ¿ 4,9), age over 30 years, being widowed or divorced or separate without living with the partner, with schooling above 13 years. It was concluded that there is a great way to go in our country in relation to mental health policies. Advances such as ensuring access to medicines and qualified professionals have already occurred, but show still insufficient. / A Organização Mundial da Saúde estima a depressão como a terceira causa de incapacidade no ranking de todas as doenças, responsável por 4,3% de perda de anos de vida saudáveis (DALY). O transtorno depressivo prejudica a capacidade laboral de mais de 50% dos pacientes. Os tratamentos podem ser farmacoterapia, psicoterapia e, em alguns casos, o tratamento eletroconvulsivante. O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar o uso de medicamentos antidepressivos em indivíduos com diagnóstico de transtorno depressivo na população da cidade de São Paulo, Brasil. Um estudo de corte transversal foi realizado com amostra probabilística, em multiestágios, da população da cidade de São Paulo, Brasil. Foram entrevistados 2536 indivíduos. As medidas incluíram diagnósticos psiquiátricos (CIDI 2.1) e o uso de medicamentos psicoativos, incluindo antidepressivos. As entrevistas foram realizadas entre Junho/2007 e Fevereiro/2008. As estimativas foram ajustadas para o efeito do desenho por meio da análise de amostras complexas. A prevalência de uso de medicação psicoativa em indivíduos com transtorno depressivo foi de 13%, 12,8% utilizando de medicação antidepressiva e 8% benzodiazepínicos, portanto com número grande de uso concomitante das duas medicações. Entre aqueles que fazem o uso de antidepressivos, 63% usam inibidores seletivos da recaptação de serotonina, 34% usam antidepressivo tricíclico e os outros 3% fazem o uso de inibidores seletivos da recaptação de noradrenalina e antidepressivos variados. O uso de medicamentos antidepressivos esteve associado ao sexo feminino (2,2; IC 95% 1,0 ¿ 5,0), idade acima de 30 anos (2,7; IC 95% 1,1 ¿ 6,5), ser viúvo ou divorciado ou separado não morando junto com o parceiro (2,0; IC 95% 1,0 ¿ 4,2), com escolaridade acima de 13 anos (3,1; IC 95% 1,2 ¿ 7,9). Foi concluído que há um grande caminho a ser percorrido em nosso país em relação às políticas de saúde mental. Avanços como a garantia de acesso aos medicamentos e profissionais qualificados já ocorreram, mas se mostram ainda insuficientes.

[pt] O aumento, nas últimas décadas, de diagnósticos psiquiátricos infantis como TDAH e outros, cuja etiologia vem sendo atribuída a fatores orgânicos, impulsionou o interesse da presente pesquisa. A partir do referencial psicanalítico freudiano, procuramos traçar um histórico da valorização do fator orgânico para o entendimento e tratamento das doenças físicas ou psíquicas na medicina. A especificidade da infância e a evolução do olhar sobre os tratamentos infantis foi abordada assim como o tema da medicina preventiva e os riscos da mesma se tornar uma predição com efeitos iatrogênicos. / [en] The increase, in the last few decades, in the number of ADHD and other psychiatric diagnoses in children, whose etiology is being attributed to organic factors, has propelled the interest for this research dissertation. Using the Freudian psychoanalytical framework, we sought to delineate a history of the valorization of the organic factor for the understanding and treatment of physical or psychological ailments in Medicine. The specificity of childhood and the evolution of the gaze on treatments of children has been approached, as well as the subject of preventive medicine and its risks of becoming a prediction with iatrogenic effects.

Self-concept is the individual's subjective view of themselves. It impacts interaction with others and, in turn, further the development of the self. Cultural aspects, gender differences, and psychiatric and substance use disorders further impact the subjective view of the self. Structural Analysis of Social Behavior (SASB) is a model rooted in interpersonal theory and the interpersonal circle that divides the self-concept into eight behavioral clusters over love-hate and autonomy-control. The individual's measured self-beliefs can be used in motivational work and treatment. The forensic psychiatric population is complex, with high levels of comorbidity, but little is known about how they view themselves. This study aims to capture their self-concept and examine if different psychiatric diagnostic groups have distinct self-concept profiles. One hundred and six patients who had previously completed the SASB introject questionnaire were included. Demographic data and other variables were also coded from their electronic journal. The participant's descriptives showed differences from the normative group and slight differences between the psychiatric groups. Inferential statistical analysis showed a significant difference regarding the negative clusters between the Neurodevelopmental and Psychosis groups and a trend of differing scores between the Neurodevelopmental and Personality Disorders groups. Study limitations make it hard to point to distinct self-concept profiles, but SASB-results indicate that the patients generally feel positive about themselves. Further research is needed to increase the findings' generalizability and better capture self-concept in comorbid inpatients. / FOR-SATA

INTRODUÇÃO: Consumo de álcool na gestação é um sério problema de saúde pública envolvendo grande risco de embriotoxicidade e teratogenicidade fetal. Exposição fetal ao álcool causa liberação de glicocorticóides (GC) pela suprarrenal como conseqüência da ativação do eixo hipotálamo-hipófise-adrenal (HPA). Cortisol é o principal glicocorticóide endógeno capaz de interferir na atividade orgânica, influenciando a retroinibição do eixo HPA. Álcool consumido na gravidez pode alterar indiretamente o desenvolvimento fetal ao perturbar as interações hormonais normais dos eixos hipotálamo-pituitária-adrenal (HPA), hipotálamo-hipófise-tireoidal (HPT), hipotálamo-hipófise-gonadal (HPG), entre mãe e feto. OBJETIVOS: Comparar dosagens de cortisol salivar em crianças em idade escolar, com e sem histórico prévio de exposição intrauterina ao álcool, e sua relação com risco materno para Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) e intensidade do uso de álcool na gestação. METODOLOGIA: Amostra foi constituída de 76 pares de crianças e mães, de doze a treze anos de idade. Para análise do cortisol, foi coletada saliva e feitas análises por radioimunoensaio. RESULTADOS: Em relação à caracterização da amostra em função do risco materno se obteve significância para \"mãe praticante de religião\" (X²: 5,60; p=0,01). Associação significativa foi observada entre T-ACE positivo (Tolerance, Annoyed,Cut Down e Eye-Opener) na produção do Cortisol Awaking Response (CAR) e ritmo circadiano em função do sexo da criança (F: 9,26; p=0,003). Diferença significativa foi observada nas análises de níveis de cortisol em função do risco materno para FASD onde as análises de variância (t-tests) do cortisol ao despertar foram encontradas para \"CID positivo\" (Clasificação Internacional de doenças) (t:-2,659; p=0,01) e para cortisol aos 30 minutos depois de despertar em função de uso de álcool na gestação (t: -2,03 ; p=0,05). Em relação aos níveis de cortisol em função do uso de álcool na gestação, se obteve diferenças significativas para o cortisol aos 30 minutos depois de despertar (t: -2,03; p=0,05). Foram observadas diferenças significativas (p<0,01) para seguintes variáveis: níveis de cortisol em função do risco materno para FASD, álcool na gestação versus escore AUDIT (Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test); Álcool na gestação versus T-ACE; Níveis de cortisol ao despertar versus Níveis de cortisol aos 30 min depois de despertar; Níveis de cortisol aos 30 min depois do despertar versus níveis de cortisol aos 60 min depois de despertar e Níveis de cortisol aos 60 min depois de despertar versus escore do AUDIT. As variáveis, álcool na gestação versus diagnóstico pelo CID, níveis de cortisol ao despertar versus escore do TACE, apresentaram significância (p=0,01). As análises com níveis de cortisol ao despertar versus níveis de cortisol aos 60 min depois de despertar; níveis de cortisol ao despertar versus escore do AUDIT-total; níveis de cortisol aos 30 min depois do despertar versus escore do T-ACE apresentaram significância estatística (respectivamente, p=0,03, p=0,04 e p=0,05). Em relação à avaliação da qualidade do sono em crianças com exposição pré-natal ao álcool por sexo, obteve-se significância para resistência em ir para a cama, para as meninas (p=0,01) e nas análises de correlação se observou diferenças significativas para ansiedade do sono versus níveis de cortisol salivar às 23 horas (p=0,01) e escore do SRQ total versus perturbação respiratória do sono (p=0,02). DISCUSSÃO: Se obteve uma associação entre uso de álcool na gestação e produção de cortisol salivar nos filhos, porém outras variáveis inerentes às mães podem influenciar no desenvolvimento do HPA e na produção de cortisol na pré-adolescência. CONCLUSÃO: Estes resultados podem contribuir para o melhor entendimento da fisiopatologia subjacente às manifestações clínicas de crianças expostas ao álcool durante a gestação e a fundamentar planos de prevenção para evitar que mulheres grávidas consumam álcool na gestação. / INTRODUCTION: Alcohol consumption during pregnancy is a serious public health problem, as it involves great risk related to fetal embryotoxicity and teratogenicity. Fetal alcohol exposure causes the release of glucocorticoids (GC) by the adrenal as consequence of activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. Cortisol is the major endogenous glucocorticoid able to interfere with the organic activity, influencing retroinhibition of HPA axis. Furthermore, alcohol consumed during pregnancy can alter fetal development indirectly by disrupting the normal hormonal interactions of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (HPA), hypothalamic-pituitarytireoidal (HPT), and hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) between mother and fetus. OBJECTIVES: The objective of this research was to compare the measurements of salivary cortisol in school age children with and without previous history of intrauterine exposure to alcohol, and their relationship to maternal risk for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) and the intensity of alcohol use during pregnancy. METHODOLOGY: The study sample consisted of 76 pairs of children and their mothers, between twelve and thirteen years old. For analysis of cortisol, saliva was collected and analyzes were made by radioimmunoassay method. RESULTS: Results show that, in relation to the characterization of the sample as a function of maternal risk for FASD, significance was obtained for the variable mother religious practice versus score of TACE (Tolerance, Annoyed,Cut Down e Eye-Opener) (X²: 5.60, p=0.01). Statistically significant association was observed between the covariate T-ACE and production of CAR (Cortisol Awaking Response) and circadian rhythm versus sex of the child (F: 9.26, p=0.003). Significant differences were also observed in the analysis of cortisol levels as a function of maternal risk for FASD for the test analysis of variance (t-tests) of cortisol after awakening versus \"negative CID\" and \"positive CID\" (International Clasification of Diseases) (t:-2.659; p=0.01) and cortisol at 30 minutes after awakening versus alcohol use during pregnancy (t:-2.03, p=0.05). In relation to cortisol levels due to the use of alcohol during pregnancy, significant differences were obtained for cortisol at 30 minutes after awakening versus alcohol use during pregnancy (t:-2.03, p=0.05). Significant differences (p<0.01) were found for variables: - cortisol levels as a function of maternal risk for FASD; - alcohol during pregnancy versus score of AUDIT (Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test); - alcohol in pregnancy versus T-ACE; - cortisol levels after awakening versus cortisol levels at 30 min after awakening; - cortisol levels at 30 min after awakening versus cortisol levels at 60 min after awakening and cortisol levels at 60 min after awakening versus score of AUDIT. Analyses of alcohol during pregnancy versus mother diagnose CID (harmful use or dependence), and cortisol levels after awakening versus score of T-ACE showed significance (p=0.01). The analyses of cortisol levels at 60 min after awakening; cortisol levels after awakening versus AUDIT-total; cortisol levels at 30 min after awakening versus score of T-ACE were significant (respectively, p=0.03, p=0.04 and p=0.05). Regarding the assessment of sleep quality in children with prenatal exposure to alcohol by sex, significance was obtained for resistance to going to bed for female children (p=0.01) and through the analysis of correlation was observed significant results for anxiety sleep versus salivary cortisol levels at 23 hours (p=0.01) and score of mother SRQ total versus respiratory sleep disorder (p=0.02). DISCUSSION: An association was found between alcohol use during pregnancy and salivary cortisol in children of women who consumed alcohol during pregnancy, however other variables inherent to mothers could act in the development of the HPA and the production of cortisol in preadolescence. CONCLUSION: These results can contribute to a better understanding of the pathophysiology underlying the clinical manifestations of children exposed to alcohol during pregnancy and to establish a prevention plan to ensure that pregnant women do not consume alcohol during pregnancy.

The aim of the thesis is to explore socially shared ideas about mental illness in everyday contexts. Drawing on social representation theory, organizations for users of mental health services and self-help groups are regarded as communities where social knowledge is constructed that makes intersubjective understanding of illness experiences possible. In order to investigate such knowledge as a resource in joint construction of meaning, a theoretical model is introduced where a distinction is made between a discursive level of situated ‘representational work’ and an underlying level of sociocultural resources. A focus group study was carried out with 27 participants who label their health problems as anxiety, depression or bipolar disorder, and were members of service user organizations. The focus group conversations were analysed with regard to thematic, interactional and discursive features to answer the questions: 1) how is mental illness represented, 2) how is the mentally ill person represented, and 3) how are others’ views on mental illness represented. The results show how mental illness is represented as a complex phenomenon that is contextualised to a number of frames of reference. Further, the analysis identified different types of resources that are utilized in representational work: local knowledge of the communities, medical concepts, different explanatory models, narrative structures, metaphors and conceptual dichotomies. It also revealed dialogical properties of the representational work that have rhetorical functions for self-presentation as a team performance. The discussion suggests that widely shared resources are put to use in group- and situation-specific representational projects, and that representations that are produced in group discourse can be characterised as ‘polemical social representations’ that respond to a double stigma of mental illness in everyday life where mental illness is regarded as a sign of ‘weakness’ as well as ‘otherness’.

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No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao completa Mauricio Giubilei.pdf: 155857 bytes, checksum: eec715b4a732d4c696eef25d77658ae6 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-09-11 / Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nïvel Superior / Aims The authors tried to identify de-hospitalized mentally ill patients living in shelters or homes and then quantify and stratify them as to their destinations residence and behavior specially towards other residents in Elderly Homes The de-hospitalizations took place by the end of the 80s with changes to the Mental Health policy the creation of Paulo Delgado law and the consequent deactivation of psychiatric beds in Brazil mainly in Minas Gerais state Methods Two questionnaires were made one for the Elderly Homes and the other for their residents The survey only began after a Term of Consent was signed authorizing the participation in this study The first questionnaire consisted of questions regarding care homes themselves their managers main religion budget source number of employees and their specific duties Main types of covenants public or private endowments for specific and complementary assistance as well as the number of beds for elderly and mentally ill residents were also evaluated The Ministry of Health regulations regarding mentally ill patients were unknown to their managers As to the boards of directors they found it acceptable to have both mentally ill and elderly persons in the same environment However they were careful to explain the discomfort of this sociability Psychiatric support or specific hospitals were acknowledged The questionnaire consisted of residents data sociofamiliar factors psychiatric and psychological diagnostics medication and dosages Those residents coming from hospitals number of specialized psychiatric confinements and their behavior adjustments were also considered 520 residents in 11 homes located in 10 cities in the southwest region of Minas Gerais were evaluated Results Gender distribution was the same Average age was 22 to 100 years old (65,60 ± 14,39) Ages between 51 and 70 years old corresponded to 48,65% while in 82.49% of residents the ages were between 51 and 90 years Caucasian was 70.60% Regarding the laboring capacity 67.90% was between none and little Of all residents evaluated 72.90% had never had a psychiatric hospitalization and 10.40% had been hospitalized more than five times The results show that 20.00% of all residents suffer from dementia 19.80% were chronic psychotics and 13.30% schizophrenics 21.70% were mentally ills and 12.70% was the percentage of healthy residents The remaining residents presented other neuropsychiatric diagnostics 3,70% (19) were de-hospitalized from Psychiatric Hospital In general 15.30% had inadequate behaviors which interferes in their daily life and 64.40% make daily use of psychotropic medication against 35.60% who uses with non-psychotropic drugs or only and nothing at all Of the psychotropic medications used haloperidol is the main in 35.20% followed by diazepam 34.00% Biperideno 23.00% followed by Phenobarbital 21.50% and amitriptyline 14.90% Conclusion The study concluded that the number of psychiatric patients de-hospitalized and transferred to Elderly Homes was little in the evaluated area However a significant number of patients with chronic characteristics who alternated between Elderly Homes and Psychiatric Hospitals were identified Most of the Elderly Homes avoided residents with some sort of mental disorder especially schizophrenic ones Other chronic psychiatric patients with light symptoms and lack of monetary and family support were accepted in as a matter of philanthropy and humanity / Objetivo Através das mudanças na Política de Saúde Mental a partir da Lei Paulo Delgado e sua conseqüente diminuição de leitos psiquiátricos os autores buscaram por evidencia quantificar e estratificar doentes mentais de custódia desospitalizados seus destinos e habitações especialmente nas Casas de Acolhimento de Idosos em cidades do sudoeste mineiro Os comportamentos destes pacientes e dos outros condôminos suas capacidades psíquicas e funcionais número de internações psiquiátricas as medicações administradas foram avaliados e estratificados Método Após os diretores dessas casas autorizarem a realização deste estudo dois questionários foram aplicados um a elas e outro aos seus moradores O primeiro identificou uma a uma seus representantes dados econômicos operacionais quantidade de colaboradores e suas funções No segundo cada condômino foi identificado e obteve-se seu diagnóstico social econômico familiar psiquiátrico psicológico e seu tratamento após assinar um Termo de Consentimento Livre e Esclarecido anuindo o nosso exame Todos seus 520 moradores doentes mentais ou não foram avaliados clinicamente e seus diagnósticos estabelecidos segundo a CID-10 Onze dessas casas foram visitadas em dez cidades nessa região definida Resultados A distribuição por sexo foi a mesma e as idades entre 22 a 100 anos Resultou que a predominância foi entre 51 a 70 anos cor de pele branca em 70,60 % e capacidade laborativa inapta em 67,90 % Seis ou mais internações psiquiátricas aconteceram em 10,40% e 20,00% encontravam-se demenciados Psicóticos crônicos e esquizofrênicos respectivamente eram 19,80% e 13,30 % Deficientes mentais encontrados em 21,70% contra 12,70 % de idosos preservados Apenas 3,70% (19) eram egressos de hospitais de custódia No total 15,30 % tinham comportamentos que interferiam no cotidiano dos condôminos Dos que usavam medicamentos regularmente 64,40 % usavam remédios psicotrópicos associados ou não a outros clínicos Destes 35,60% tomavam medicações clínicas ou nenhuma delas Das drogas psiquiátricas prescritas a prevalente foi o haloperidol em 35,20 % seguido do diazepan em 34,00 % o biperideno em 23,00 % fenobarbital em 21,50 % e a amitriptilina em 14,90 % Inexistiram leitos específicos para idosos e doentes mentais Conclusões Este estudo concluiu que o número de egressos de hospitais psiquiátricos de custódia encontrado foi pequeno em relação ao número de doentes mentais moradores dessas casas A capacidade de seus diretores em fazer diagnóstico de perfil de doente mental assim como o faz o psiquiatra inibiu a inclusão de novos condôminos A grande maioria de sua população (87,10%) era portadora de doenças mentais neurológicas neuriátricas entre outras com sintomatologia psiquiátrica Seis ou mais internações psiquiátricas ocorreram em 10,40% inferindo-se que esta alternância entre estas casas e hospitais psiquiátricos foi uma institucionalização contínua em psiquiatria O impacto social apresentou significativo grau de injúria seja ela física ou psíquica demonstrando que essas casas eram inespecíficas e incompletas para que houvesse harmonia entre condôminos de perfis geriátricos e psiquiátricos