O desafio do trabalho com adolescentes em conflito com a lei: intervenção em psicodinâmica do trabalho / The challenge of working with teenagers in conflict with the law: psychodynamic work intervention / Reto de trabajo con los adolescentes en conflicto con la ley: una intervención en psicodinámica del trabajo

Os Atendentes de Reintegração Socioeducativo (ATRS) trabalham no acompanhamento, guarda e segurança dos adolescentes que cumprem medidas socioeducativas por terem cometido atos infracionais previstos no Estatuto da Criança e do Adolescente (ECA). Trata-se de um trabalho, no âmbito das políticas públicas, que possui dimensão educativa e de sanção. Este artigo discute as estratégias coletivas de defesa desses trabalhadores, que lidam cotidianamente com adolescentes em conflito com a lei. Utilizou-se a metodologia proposta em Psicodinâmica do Trabalho. Concluiu-se que, por meio de uma forte união,esses trabalhadores protegem-se das patologias do trabalho, pois saem da posição de isolamento e se inserem em um espaço de relações intersubjetivas que sustentam o trabalho e afastam o medo e as angústias. O fortalecimento do coletivo ocorre pela mobilização da cooperação, em torno de uma disciplina quase carcerária direcionada aos adolescentes em privação de liberdade. Uma disciplina que dissimularia uma estratégia coletiva de defesa que nega o fato de que os adolescentes em conflito com a lei estão em situação de vulnerabilidade psíquica e social. Esta estratégia coletiva de defesa possui a função, nas condições atuais de trabalho, de proteger esses sujeitos do medo de tecerem uma relação de proximidade com os esses adolescentes, baseada na certeza de que em tal relação esses trabalhadores estariam em perigo e desprotegidos.

Socio-educational Reintegration Workers play a role in the custody, safety and monitoring of teenagers, complying with socio-educational measures for having infringed the law according to Brazil's Child and Teenager Statute. This study in terms of public policies has to do with education and sanction. Further, it discusses collective defense strategies from social reintegration workers, who deal on a daily basis with teenagers in conflict with the law. The methodology applied is based upon Work Psychodynamics. The study concludes that given their strong unity, social reintegration workers protect themselves from work-related pathologies given that they preserve themselves from isolation by inserting themselves in a space of intersubjective relations that support their work and keep them from fear and anxiety. Collective strength comes through cooperation built around the almost prison-like discipline shown towards teenagers deprived of their freedom. This discipline disguises a collective defense strategy that denies the fact that teenagers in conflict with the law are in a vulnerable psychosocial situation. This collective defense strategy serves under current work conditions to protect social reintegration workers from the fear of building a close relationship with teenagers given the certainty that this relationship will leave the first group at risk and unprotected.

Los asistentes de Reintegración socioeducativo (ATRS) trabajan en el seguimiento, la vigilancia y la seguridad de los adolescentes que están cumpliendo medidas socioeducativas por la comisión de actos ilegales previstas en Estatuto de la Infancia y la adolescencia (ECA). Es un trabajo en el contexto de la política pública, que tiene una dimensión educativa y sanción. Este artículo analiza las estrategias colectivas de defensa de los profesionales que tratan a diario con adolescentes en conflicto con la ley. Se utilizó la metodología propuesta para la psicodinámica del trabajo. Se concluyó que, por intermedio de una unión fuerte a los trabajadores a protegerse de las condiciones de trabajo, al salir de la posición de aislamiento y se insertan en un espacio interpersonal las relaciones que apoyan el trabajo y lejos del miedo y la angustia. El fortalecimiento del colectivo es la movilización de la cooperación en torno a una disciplina de la prisión casi dirigido a adolescentes de privación de libertad. Una disciplina que ocultaría una estrategia de defensa colectiva que niega el hecho de que los adolescentes en conflicto con la ley están en situación de vulnerabilidad psicológica y social. Esta estrategia colectiva de defensa tiene la función, las condiciones actuales de trabajo, para proteger a estos temas desde el miedo trenzó una estrecha relación con estos adolescentes, basado en la certeza de que a este respecto que estaban en peligro y sin protección.

Mindfulness y promoción de la salud mental en adolescentes: efectos de una intervención en el contexto educativo / Effects of a mindfulness intervention in Chilean high schoolers

Background: Mindfulness has been conceptualized as paying attention to present moment experience in a non-judgmental manner, and the practice of developing that skill. Aim: To determine the impact of a mindfulness-based intervention on negative emotional states of anxiety, stress, and depression in Chilean high schoolers. Material and Methods: Eighty-eight teenagers aged 13 ± 0.6 years (46 females) were randomly assigned to a mindfulness group or a control (41 and 47, respectively). The mindfulness intervention consisted in eight weekly 45-minute sessions. A depression, anxiety, and stress scale (DASS-21) was applied at baseline, after the intervention, and at three and six-month follow-up. Results: There was a significant reduction in anxiety, depression, and general symptomatology in the experimental group compared to the control group. However, these changes were not sustained at follow-up. Conclusions: These preliminary results suggest the feasibility and effectiveness of a mindfulness intervention in Chilean schools as a strategy to reduce negative emotional states and prevent risk factors in adolescent population groups.

Effect of muscular relaxation on diabetic children covered by Endocrinology Research Center of Esfahan University of Medical Sciences

From the time diabetes was diagnosed, there have been different methods to treat it of that the most routine is through insulin, diet therapy and sport. There has been a complementary treatment, recently introduced, as progressive muscular relaxation of that the main mechanism is mainly based on a decrease in stress and anxiety among diabetic children. This procedure is vastly carried out by nurses and other health team members in clinical fields This is a quasi-experimental study [pre post test]. The samples included 52 diabetic children aged 7-15 years quite identical in research qualifications to enter the study in two groups of controls and muscular relaxation. The data were collected by laboratory reports [glycosylated hemoglobin], patients' files or IDs and interviews. Sampling was r and om convenient. After the subjects were selected, educational sessions were held for intervention group. In relaxation group, all body parts of the child were contracted and relaxed for 45 minutes just before going to bed for two months. After educating all subjects, glycosylated hemoglobin test was checked for all of them. This procedure of relaxation was continued by giving a relaxation cassette to the subjects for home use. The subjects were checked four times through r and om phone calls to investigate and to be sure about the intervention precisely followed. Glycosylated hemoglobin were again checked after two months. Descriptive, inferential statistics were used to analyze the data. The findings showed that HbAlc changes in relaxation group was as 62.5% while it had a descending trend of 50% in controls which can be due to intervention. Mean of glycosylated hemoglobin before the study in relaxation group was 10.27 while thereafter it got 10.13 [about 14% decline in glycosylated hemoglobin]. According to paired t-test, this decline has been significant [p=0.036] Since, this technique is economical and effective in decreasing diabetic children's anxiety, it is suggested to be h and led as a non medication intervention in health and treatment clinics

Yoga for rehabilitation: an overview.

The use of yoga for rehabilitation has diverse applications. Yoga practice benefited mentally handicapped subjects by improving their mental ability, also the motor co-ordination and social skills. Physically handicapped subjects had a restoration of some degree of functional ability after practicing yoga. Visually impaired children children showed a significant decrease in their abnormal anxiety levels when they practiced yoga for three weeks, while a program of physical activity had no such effect. Socially disadvantaged adults (prisoners in a jail) and children in a remand home showed significant improvement in sleep, appetite and general well being, as well as a decrease in physiological arousal. The practice of meditation was reported to decrease the degree of substance (marijuana) abuse, by strengthening the mental resolve and decreasing the anxiety. Another important area is the application of yoga (and indeed, lifestyle change), in the rehabilitation of patients with coronary artery disease. Finally, the possible role of yoga in improving the mental state and general well being of HIV positive persons and patients with AIDS, is being explored.