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Rio de Janeiro State has one of the largest networks of psychiatric hospitals in Brazil, one of them the Dr. Eiras Paracambi Hospital (CSDE-P). In late 2000, the current Mental Health Advisory Division of the Rio de Janeiro State Health Department conducted a clinical and psychosocial census of patients hospitalized in the CSDE-P. The hospital population consisted of 1,494 individuals, the majority men (53.4%), single (81.6%), working-age (66.4%), and with limited schooling (only 11.5% with a complete primary education or more). Most had been in hospital for at least two years (77.6%), received visits from relatives (60.5%), but did not have hospital leave (73.8%). The predominant diagnoses were schizophrenia (53.6%) and mental retardation (26.4%). The main therapeutic approach was psychiatric (84.1%). Only 13.3% took part in systematic activities during the day, although 36% were in a condition to do so. CSDE-P is a mega-hospital where most patients have precarious social links, demanding treatment strategies which take this characteristic into account.
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PMID:[Census of hospitalized patients in a psychiatric institution of Rio de Janeiro State: preliminary data]. 1248 10

This study aims to detect the influence of deeply rooted traditions on physicians' discursive constructions concerning children with genetic diseases involving malformations and mental retardation. It also aims to capture the reflections resulting from the professional care for (and contact with) these children. All the physicians work at the Fernandes Figueira Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Data were collected using oral interviews (in the form of conversational narratives) and were submitted to semiotic analysis. Four traditions were found in the medical discourse: norm, reason, family, and religion. This article focuses exclusively on norm and reason, highlighting how dismorphism, congenital malformations, and mental retardation associated with genetic diseases defy the established norms of perfection, beauty, and productivity. Therefore, feelings of uneasiness, powerlessness, and frustration are increased. The article also discusses how reason, one of the most important cultural traditions organizing modern thought, shapes medical discourse on genetic syndromes associated with mental retardation.
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PMID:[In contact with genetic diseases: norm and reason as cultural traditions in medical staff discourse at the Fernandes Figueira Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil]. 1530 Feb 89

The aim of the ABC (Aberrant Behavior Checklist) is to evaluate the treatment response for aberrant behavior in patients with mental retardation. The aim of this study was to describe the partial cross-cultural adaptation of the ABC scale to Brazilian Portuguese. The process included conceptual and item equivalence, two translations (T1, T2) and their back-translations (R1, R2), evaluation of referential and general equivalence, expert evaluations, a pre-test, and elaboration of the final version. Conceptual and item equivalences of the ABC were considered pertinent to Brazilian culture. Semantic equivalence showed good correspondence between R1 items and ABC. Reasonable correspondence was obtained between ABC items and R2. All of the professors understood 94.8% of the items in the scale, while relatives understood 87.9%. The Brazilian Portuguese version of the ABC scale thus is available for use, with the appropriate conceptual, item, and semantic equivalence.
Cad Saude Publica 2011 May
PMID:[Partial cross-cultural adaptation of the Aberrant Behavior Checklist (ABC) scale for analysis of patients with mental retardation]. 2165 42

Few Brazilian studies have addressed the use of mental health services for children and adolescents. This study aimed to characterize the national distribution of Psychosocial Care Centers for Children and Adolescents (CAPSi) and describe the patient profile in this age group between 2008 and 2012. An ecological study was carried out, using records from the Authorizations for High-Complexity Procedures (APAC) system and the Brazilian National Registry of Healthcare Organizations (CNES). Socio-demographics and disease profile were analyzed. In 2014, 208 CAPSi were recorded in the CNES, distributed across 23 of Brazil's 27 states. Treatments included predominantly behavioral disorders (29.7%), developmental disorders (23.6%), and mental retardation (12.5%). CAPSi are insufficient and unequally distributed. The disease profile suggests the need for linkage between specialized mental health services and primary care, in addition to the inclusion of inter-sector work.
Cad Saude Publica 2015 Dec
PMID:[Psychosocial Care Centers for Children and Adolescents in Brazil: geographic distribution and user profile]. 2687 40