Portadores de transtorno psicótico e a utilização dos serviços de saúde no contexto da estratégia de saúde da família

• Autor(a) principal: Castro, Claudia Viviane de
• Data de Publicação: 2013
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UNISANTOS
• Texto Completo: https://tede.unisantos.br/handle/tede/922
• topic: transtorno mental; serviços de saúde; saúde da família; transtorno psicótico; mental disorder; health services; family health; psychotic disorder; SAUDE COLETIVA::SAUDE PUBLICA

Despite the low prevalence in the general population ( 0,5% to 1,0% ) , psychotic disorders represent high burden on society. These individuals require continuous depending on the severity and persistence of symptoms care, and these are not always available in the communities. Objective: To identify subjects with psychotic disorder within the population registered in the Health Unit Family Neighborhood Perequê city of Guaruja /SP and evaluate their use of the public health service available. Method: It is a cross-sectional study in two subsequent steps. In the first step, a questionnaire (SRQ - 30) was applied to 527 subjects between men and women older than 15 years, enrolled in the 12 team of the Family Health Unit Perequê neighborhood. Subjects with 03 or 04 positive responses to symptoms of psychosis (questions 21, 22, 23, 24) in this first stage, answered the clinical interview (LCRF) with information on the use they make of the public health service. Results: In the first stage, 51.4 % had at least one of the positive responses to psychotic disorder and 8.5 % (n = 45) had 03 or more positive responses. Of these, 34 participated in the second stage, mostly women, in a stable relationship with characteristics of low educational level, with an unemployment rate of 38,2 % and 85 % with per capita income up to minimum wage. Note - if current low use of specialized mental health services (5.9%), with an increased frequency of consultations with the general practitioner, either in PS or UBS. Fifty -nine percent of the subjects do not have or do not know their diagnosis, 50 % are drug treatment, most initiated by psychiatrist. There were 11,8% of cases of admissions to psychiatric hospital and 11,8 % of cases of suicide attempts. Conclusion: The study population has a high prevalence of subjects with psychotic symptoms of mental disorder and preferably seeking care in emergency rooms or primary care unskilled. This result reflects the lack of specialized mental health services and reinforces the importance of the preparation of the general practitioner and the whole team of family health for case identification, monitoring, family support and as a facilitator of social inclusion.