Involuntary Hospitalization of Patients With Mental Disorders: Knowledge of Health Professionals.

A descriptive and exploratory study with a qualitative approach was undertaken to describe the knowledge of health professionals at a psychiatric hospital about involuntary hospitalization. Health professionals from the admission ward of a psychiatric hospital located in an inner city of the state of São Paulo, Brazil, participated in the study. Data were collected through semistructured interviews with sixteen health professionals and the analysis was based on thematic analysis. The professionals' lack of knowledge about involuntary hospitalizations was evidenced, including unfamiliarity with the modalities of psychiatric hospitalization, confusion to understand involuntary and compulsory hospitalization as well as the role of the public prosecutor in these cases. In that sense, the study participants' lack of knowledge and, on the other hand, the inertia of the public prosecutor's office can hamper the full enjoyment of rights by persons with mental disorders. In this scenario, psychiatric health professionals should know and understand the legislation as well their responsibility according to it, combining political with theoretical-technical knowledge.

Percepción de los niños (as) de 7 a 12 años acerca de las drogas en América Latina / Perception of the children from 7 to 12 years about drugs in Latin America

ResumenIntroducción.El presente artículo tiene como objetivo analizar la percepción de los niños de 7 a12 años acerca de la temática de las drogas, durante el periodo 1992-2012. Uno de los problemas más reiterativos en las poblaciones infantiles es el uso del alcohol, tabaco y demás drogas ilícitas, cuya exposición inicia a edades cada vez más tempranas, motivo por el que es fundamental la participación de equipos de trabajo en conjunto con padres, educadores, psicólogos, psiquiatras, trabajadores sociales, poderes públicos, a lo que debe aunarse una estrategia global de promoción de la salud para enfrentar el fenómeno de las drogas en la niñez.Métodos.Para desarrollar esta investigación se empleó la revisión bibliográfica integrativa. Para recolectar información se utilizó diversos artículos completos, indexados en bases de datos LILACS y SCIELO, de los que se recuperó 54 artículos, aunque solo diez se relacionan con la temática en estudio.Resultados.En ninguno de los estudios se estableció diferencia de percepción entre los niños (as) a partir de aspectos como sexo, edad, condiciones económicas, sociales y familiares; no obstante, se relaciona países, sí se detectó diferencias, aunque mínimas, principalmente en lo que respecta al abordaje del tema, el cual se enfoca en el consumo en sí y no en las percepciones que construyen los niños en relación con el consumoConclusión.Los niños perciben como inapropiado el consumo de drogas tanto lícitas como ilícitas, puesto que producen múltiples consecuencias que producen alteraciones en la salud y en la apariencia física, así como bajo rendimiento escolar y deterioro en las relaciones familiares y sociales.

AbstractIntroduction.This article aims at analyzing the perception of children from 7 to 12 years on the subject of drugs, during the period 1992-2012. one of the most repetitive problems in child populations is the use of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs, whose exhibition starts at increasingly younger ages, reason for which the participation of teams from working together with parents, educators, psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, public authorities, is essential to a global strategy of health promotion must join to confront the phenomenon of drugs in children.Methods. To collect information used various full articles indexed in LILACS and SCIELO recovering 54 articles, of which only ten had regarding the issue under study.Result.In none of the studies was established difference in perception between the children from aspects such as sex, age, family, social and economic conditions; However, relates countries, yes detected differences, although minimal, mainly in regard to the approach to the issue, which focuses on consumption itself and not on perceptions that build children in relation to consumption.Conclusion.The children perceived as inappropriate drug use both legal and illegal, as they produce multiple consequences, sometimes triggering alterations in health and physical appearance, poor school performance, impaired social and family relations.