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Trends psychiatry psychother. (Impr.) ; 36(1): 52-58, Jan-Mar/2014. tab
Article in English | LILACS | ID: lil-707279

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INTRODUCTION: Day hospitals in psychiatry are a major alternative to inpatient care today, acting as key components of community and social psychiatry. Objective: To study trends in the use of psychiatric day hospitals over the last decades of the 20th century and the first decade of the 21st century, focusing on patient age, sex, and diagnostic group, using data from Centro Hospitalar São João, Porto, Portugal. METHODS: Data corresponding to years 1970 to 2009 were collected from patient files. Patients were classified into seven diagnostic groups considering their primary diagnoses only. RESULTS: Mean age upon admission rose from 32.7±12.1 years in the second half of the 1970s to 43.5±12.2 years in 2005-2009 (p for trend < 0.001). Most patients were female (63.2%), however their proportion decreased from nearly 70% in the 1970s to 60% in the first decade of the 21st century. In males, until the late 1980s, neurotic disorders (E) were the most common diagnosis, accounting for more than one third of admissions. In the subsequent years, this proportion decreased, and the number of admissions for schizophrenia (C) exceeded 50% in 2004- 2009. In females, until the late 1980s, affective disorders (D) and neurotic disorders (E), similarly distributed, accounted for most admissions. From the 1990s on, the proportion of neurotic disorders (E) substantially decreased, and affective disorders (D) came to represent more than 50% of all admissions. CONCLUSIONS: Mean age upon admission rose with time, as did the percentage of female admissions, even though the latter tendency weakened in the last 10 years assessed. There was also an increase in the proportion of patients with schizophrenia. .


INTRODUÇÃO: Os hospitais de dia em psiquiatria representam atualmente uma das principais alternativas ao internamento, atuando como componentes chave na psiquiatria comunitária e social. OBJETIVO: Avaliar tendências na utilização de um hospital de dia no período compreendido entre as últimas décadas do século 20 e a primeira década do século 21, com foco em idade, sexo e grupo diagnóstico, usando dados do Centro Hospitalar São João, Porto, Portugal. MÉTODOS: Dados correspondentes aos anos 1970 a 2009 foram coletados dos prontuários clínicos. Os pacientes foram classificados em sete grupos diagnósticos, tendo em conta o diagnóstico principal. Resultados: A idade média na admissão aumentou de 32.7±12.1 anos na segunda metade da década de 1970 para 43.5±12.2 anos em 2005-2009 (p < 0.001). A maioria dos pacientes era do sexo feminino (63.2%), no entanto sua proporção diminuiu de cerca de 70% na década de 1970 para 60% na primeira década do século 21. Nos homens, até o final dos anos 1980, o grupo das perturbações neuróticas (E) era o diagnóstico mais comum, representando mais de um terço das admissões. Durante os anos seguintes, essa proporção diminuiu, e o número de admissões por esquizofrenia (C) alcançou mais de 50% no período de 2004-2009. Nas mulheres, até o final dos anos 1980, as perturbações afetivas (D) e as perturbações neuróticas (E), distribuídas similarmente, respondiam pela maioria das admissões. A partir dos anos 1990, a proporção das perturbações neuróticas (E) diminuiu substancialmente, e as perturbações afetivas (D) passaram a corresponder a mais de 50% do total das admissões. Conclusões: A idade média na admissão ...


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Adolescent , Child , Female , Humans , Male , Young Adult , Adenoma/genetics , Germ-Line Mutation , Neoplastic Syndromes, Hereditary/genetics , Serine Endopeptidases/genetics , Thyroid Neoplasms/genetics , Adenoma/metabolism , Adenoma/pathology , Genetic Predisposition to Disease , Pedigree , Sequence Analysis, DNA , Serine Endopeptidases/metabolism , Thyroid Neoplasms/metabolism , Thyroid Neoplasms/pathology
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J. bras. psiquiatr ; 60(3): 182-189, 2011. tab
Article in Portuguese | LILACS | ID: lil-604407

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OBJETIVO: Analisar a prevalência da alexitimia numa amostra de pacientes com anorexia nervosa e sua relação com variáveis do foro clínico e sociodemográfico, em concreto, índice de massa corporal, duração da doença, idade, escolaridade e nível socioeconômico. MÉTODOS: Foram avaliados 2 grupos de participantes do sexo feminino, com idades compreendidas entre os 13 e os 34 anos. Um grupo foi composto por 80 participantes com anorexia nervosa (Grupo AN) e o outro por 80 participantes saudáveis (Grupo Controle). A versão portuguesa da Toronto Alexithymia Scale - 20 items - foi aplicada a ambos os grupos. RESULTADOS: A prevalência da alexitimia no Grupo AN foi 62,5 por cento e no Grupo Controle, 12,5 por cento. Os valores médios de alexitimia não diferiram significativamente entre os dois subtipos de AN, e ambos apresentaram valores estatisticamente superiores aos do Grupo Controle. A alexitimia não se correlacionou às variáveis clínicas e sociodemográficas consideradas, à exceção da escolaridade, cuja associação com a alexitimia foi positiva e baixa. CONCLUSÃO: Os pacientes com anorexia nervosa apresentaram, com elevada frequência, dificuldades na regulação dos afetos, independentemente de seu peso, tempo de evolução da doença, idade e nível socioeconômico. O tratamento deve privilegiar uma intervenção sistematizada no domínio das emoções.


OBJECTIVE: To analyze the prevalence of alexithymia in anorexia nervosa and its relationship with clinical and sociodemographic variables, such as, body mass index, anorexia nervosa duration, age, years of education and socioeconomic status. METHODS: Two groups of female participants, between the ages of 13 and 34 years, were recruited. One group was composed of 80 participants with anorexia nervosa (AN Group) and the other consisted of 80 healthy participants (Control Group). The Portuguese version of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale - 20 items - was applied to both groups. RESULTS: The prevalence of alexithymia in the AN Group was 62.5 percent and 12.5 percent in the Control Group. The mean values of alexithymia (total score and factors) did not significantly differ between the two AN subtypes, and both subtypes presented higher statistical values when compared to the Control Group. Alexithymia did not correlate with clinical and sociodemographic variables, with the exception of years of education, which had a positive and low association with alexithymia. CONCLUSION: Patients with anorexia nervosa revealed a high prevalence of affect regulation deficits regardless of their weight, duration of the disease, age and socioeconomic status. Therapy should focus on a systematic intervention in the domain of emotional regulation.


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Humans , Female , Adolescent , Adult , Anorexia Nervosa/diagnosis , Body Mass Index , Affective Symptoms/epidemiology , Educational Status , Feeding and Eating Disorders , Prevalence , Socioeconomic Factors
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Ter. psicol ; 24(1): 99-104, 2006. tab
Article in English | LILACS | ID: lil-439439

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The objetive of this paper was to test the divergent validity (degree of discrimination) of an anoretic prototype narrative (i.e., communality of themes in the individual, core autobiographical memories), as well different characteristics of the participants which may be associated with the degree of prototype discrimination. Seventy participants diagnosed with anorexia nervosa participated in the study and were asked to indicate their degree of identification with four different narrative prototypes (depressive, agoraphobia, anorexic, alcoholic and drug addiction prototypes). Results did not confirm the divergent validity of the anorexic prototype narrative. Participants tended to identify primarily with the depressive prototype narrative. No significant differences were found between levels of identification with the anorexic prototype and depression, or agoraphobia and alcoholism prototype. The only significant difference found was between the anorexic and drug addiction prototype. However, severity and duration of the clinical condition were found to be associated with the degree of identification of prototype narrative. Results are discussed in terms of a transdiagnostic versus a prototype approach to the eating disorders psychopathology.


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Humans , Anorexia Nervosa/diagnosis , Anorexia Nervosa/psychology , Narration , Self-Evaluation Programs , Self Concept , Identification, Psychological , Memory , Mental Disorders
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