Prevalência de problemas de saúde mental em populações de crianças e adolescentes indígenas Karajá da Amazônia brasileira

• Autor(a) principal: AZEVÊDO, Paulo Verlaine Borges e
• Data de Publicação: 2012
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFG
• dARK ID: ark:/38995/0013000005db1
• Texto Completo: http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/tede/handle/tde/1677
• topic: Psiquiatria Transcultural; população indígena; psiquiatria de criança e adolescente; prevalência; Inventário de Comportamentos para Crianças e Adolescentes; Inventário de Comportamentos Referidos pelo Professor para Alunos; Cross-cultural psychiatry; indigenous people; child and adolescent psychiatry; prevalence; Child Behavior Checklist; Teacher Report Form; CNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE

Objective: To determine the prevalence of mental disorders in children and adolescents from an indigenous population living in isolated tribes in the Brazilian Amazon. Methods: This is an analytical prevalence study in a sample of 192 indigenous children and adolescents from Karajá ethnicity, aged between 7 and 14 years old. The prevalence were determined using the syndrome scales of mental health problems according to the ASEBA questionnaires. The Child Behavior Checklist 6-18 (CBCL) and the Teacher Report Form 6-18 (TRF) were used for the screening of these problems. The difference among the prevalence found in the two questionnaires as well as the risk association between gender and schooling and mental health problems were evaluated. Results: A total prevalence of problems of 34.38% with the CBCL and of 23.44% with the TRF was found (p < 0.00). There was an association between the occurrence of these problems in the subjects attending the second phase of fundamental school (6th to 9th year of formal education). Conclusion: The prevalence of mental health problems found was high when compared to studies with other cultures around the world. It was observed that even in human populations who preserve the primordial cultural aspects of their ancestors who lived 10.000 years ago, psychiatric problems exist and have clinical presentations that are similar to those found in modern civilized societies, in which the cultural context may influence the manifestations of such problems.