The university-psychology-clinic’s treatment in Porto Alegre’s metropolitan area

• Autor(a) principal: CAMPEZATTO, Paula von Mengden
• Data de Publicação: 2007
• Outros Autores: NUNES, Maria Lúcia Tiellet
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Estudos de Psicologia (Campinas)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.puc-campinas.edu.br/estpsi/article/view/6898
• topic: atendimento psicológico; clínica-escola; desistência do tratamento; psicologia preventiva; psicoterapia; psychological service; school- clinics; treatment dropouts; preventive psychology; psychotherapy

Survey’s research about clients form University Psychology Clinics in the 80’s and 90’s indicated that the psychological services were inefficient. Although many studies about University Psychology Clinics have been conducted in Brazil, there are few in Rio Grande do Sul. This study is a research about therapeutic practices and theoretical orientation modality developed at University Psychology Clinics from Porto Alegre Metropolitan Region. The present paper also describes patient’s screening and helping processes, as well as verifies index of other institutions’ referring, treatment ending and dropping out. Data indicates many kinds of therapeutic practices and theoretical orientation in all University Psychology Clinics of this research. 11.88% of the clientele were referred to other institutions, 38.21% have given up the attending process and 15.79% of the patients discharged: positive results comparing to the literature.