Parenting a child with autism
Conclusion: The physical and emotional demands of living with and parenting a child with ASD are enormous, include changes in social roles and in couples ’ social and affective/sexual lives, highlighting the need for parents to receive support from healthcare professionals, particularly mental health professionals. Care strategies need to be implemented for parents, in addition to the healthcare provided to their children, in order to improve the comprehensive care given to the child with ASD.RESUMO Objetivo: Este estudo buscou analisar os aspectos subjetivos associados à percepção dos pais sobre as mudanças ocorri...
Source: Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria - May 13, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale: psychometric properties and affectivity prevalence
Conclusion: The DASS-21 demonstrated adequate validity and reliability in a sample of university students. The prevalence of depression, anxiety, and stress did not differ significantly between men and women, which points to the need for an egalitarian view in the investigation of these emotional states. (Source: Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria)
Source: Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria - May 13, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Functionality in subjects with major depressive disorder: evaluation of psychometric properties of Functioning Assessment Short Test (FAST) scale in Brazilian sample
Conclusion: The psychometric properties of FAST in 88 subjects showed good reliability and validity to assess the impact of depression on functionality in Brazilians with MDD. Future studies with larger samples are recommended. (Source: Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria)
Source: Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria - May 13, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Body appreciation and associated factors among adolescents and young women
Conclusions: These results contribute to the understanding of positive body image among Brazilian adolescents and youngsters, pointing out important issues and challenges for future research. (Source: Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria)
Source: Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria - May 13, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
How far can you go? Association between illicit drug use and academic migration
Conclusion: Individuals who migrated from their cities to study at the university are more exposed to the main risk factors pointed out by this research and hence to the use of illicit drugs. Based on these results, we suggest that universities develop evaluation, prevention, treatment or referral strategies considering specific needs of this populationRESUMO Objetivo: Medir a preval ência do uso de drogas ilícitas na vida, no último ano e no último mês, assim como os fatores associados ao uso no último ano e a sua relação com a migração acadêmica, entre estudantes de graduação de uma universidade no sul do B...
Source: Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria - May 13, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Suicide mortality among adolescents in Brazil: increasing time trend between 2000 and 2015
Conclusions: These results indicate an increase in the suicide rate of adolescents in Brazil, particularly in the male population. The improvement of suicide prevention strategies in Brazil is imperative. (Source: Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria)
Source: Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria - May 13, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Stress in medical training: we need to look at our students
Conclusion The Neurophysiology of Pain Questionnaire was cross-culturally adapted into a Brazilian context and can be used to assess the level of neurophysiological knowledge of pain of Brazilian patients. The interpretation of the results of the NPQ-BR must be taken with caution due to the absence of a robust validation methodology of the instrument.RESUMO Objetivo Realizar a adapta ção transcultural do Questionário Neurofisiológico de Dor (QND) para a população brasileira. Métodos Um estudo de tradução e adaptação transcultural foi conduzido em 11 estágios de acordo com procedimentos padronizados. Foi re...
Source: Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria - December 17, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
The potential role of scales in discriminating unipolar and bipolar depression
Conclusion The Neurophysiology of Pain Questionnaire was cross-culturally adapted into a Brazilian context and can be used to assess the level of neurophysiological knowledge of pain of Brazilian patients. The interpretation of the results of the NPQ-BR must be taken with caution due to the absence of a robust validation methodology of the instrument.RESUMO Objetivo Realizar a adapta ção transcultural do Questionário Neurofisiológico de Dor (QND) para a população brasileira. Métodos Um estudo de tradução e adaptação transcultural foi conduzido em 11 estágios de acordo com procedimentos padronizados. Foi re...
Source: Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria - December 17, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Cross-cultural adaptation of the Revised Neurophysiology of Pain Questionnaire into Brazilian Portuguese language
Conclusion The Neurophysiology of Pain Questionnaire was cross-culturally adapted into a Brazilian context and can be used to assess the level of neurophysiological knowledge of pain of Brazilian patients. The interpretation of the results of the NPQ-BR must be taken with caution due to the absence of a robust validation methodology of the instrument.RESUMO Objetivo Realizar a adapta ção transcultural do Questionário Neurofisiológico de Dor (QND) para a população brasileira. Métodos Um estudo de tradução e adaptação transcultural foi conduzido em 11 estágios de acordo com procedimentos padronizados. Foi re...
Source: Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria - December 17, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Hikikomori: review on a severe phenomenon of social withdrawal
Conclusion Hikikomori is an underdiagnosed and undertreated condition outside Japan, due to the lack of knowledge of health professionals, and for the sufferers ’ refusal to seek help. The phenomenon was not yet included as a psychiatric disorder in the classifications, what difficults the standardization and conduction of research around the world. (Source: Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria)
Source: Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria - December 17, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Screening tools for psychiatric disorders in multiple sclerosis – Systematic review and metanalysis
Conclusions The HADS (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale), CESD (Center for Epidemiological Scale – Depression) and PHQ-9 (Patient Health Questionnaire-9) tools seem to be the most suitable for the psychiatric screening of patients with multiple sclerosis. PROSPERO registration: CRD42017082741. (Source: Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria)
Source: Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria - December 17, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
The perception of mental health professionals about marijuana
Conclusions The perception of marijuana among mental health providers may vary according to their profession and work place. (Source: Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria)
Source: Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria - December 17, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Consumption of dietary substances and their association with risk of eating disorders in college students
Conclusions The consumption of dietary formulations was associated with both the presence of risk for ED, on the EAT-26 and BITE scales, and on socioeconomic levels, especially for income class C. (Source: Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria)
Source: Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria - December 17, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Group cognitive behavioral therapy for female sexual dysfunction in postmenopause
Conclusion Considering the particular aspects of postmenopausal women with sexual dysfunction, we developed a cognitive behavioral group therapy protocol, with significant therapeutic potential. Though a control group was not used and that the application was done in a reduced number of participants, this protocol can be assessed and utilized in similar cases, being fit new researches to verify the applicability of such for sexual dysfunction at this stage of female development. (Source: Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria)
Source: Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria - December 17, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Association between depressive syndrome and visual complaints among elderly caregivers
Conclusions While measured aspects of care did not exert an influence on the incidence of depressive symptoms, VC associated to functional limitation and caring for elderly individuals with cognitive impairment was associated with such symptoms in the elderly caregivers.RESUMO Objetivos Determinar a s índrome depressiva em idosos cuidadores da comunidade e testar a associação entre tal síndrome, queixas visuais e aspectos dos cuidados. Métodos Este é um estudo transversal realizado com 332 idosos cuidadores. A Escala de Depressão Geriátrica (GDS-15) foi utilizada para triagem da síndro me depressiva (corte>...
Source: Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria - December 17, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
