The COVID-19 pandemic is imposing major changes in the psychosocial environment of the affected countries, impacting their whole population. The aim of this article is to analyze adolescents’ anxiety, stress and depression levels during the COVID-19 pandemic and to correlate anxiety, stress and depression levels with the adolescents’ perception about the impact of the pandemic in their lives. The research was quantitative, correlational and cross-sectional. The sample consisted of 77 brazilian adolescentes, between the ages of 12 and 18 who accepted to participate in the online research. All the ethical procedures were adopted and the participants were asked to answer a sociodemographic questionnaire, a questionnaire composed of specific questions related to their perception about the impact of the pandemic, and the DASS-21 scale. The data analysis showed symptoms considered extremely severe and severe of anxiety in 33,8% of the adolescents, of depression in 36,4% and stress in 36,1%. These symptoms were positively correlated to feelings of helplessness in mental health care and family conflicts. These results show that the pandemic can be faced by adolescents as a complicated period that can cause suffering, intensifying their vulnerabilities and limiting access to support systems.
Resumo. Centenas de milhões de pessoas em todo o mundo sofrem devido ao aparecimento de transtornos mentais. Investigar as características sociodemográfi cas e clínicas dos pacientes atendidos nos serviços de psicologia é reportado pela literatura como uma medida que possibilita o reconhecimento de demandas e, a partir disso, ocorre um melhor atendimento nesses locais. Entretanto, são poucos os estudos que descrevem essas características de pacientes na Terapia Cognitivo Comportamental (TCC). O presente estudo teve como objetivo descrever a prevalência de transtornos psicológicos e as características sociodemográfi cas e clínicas dos pacientes atendidos na TCC. Foram analisados os dados de 92 prontuários de pacientes atendidos em uma clínica-escola da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS). O perfi l encontrado incluiu mulheres, estudantes, solteiras, com Ensino Médio completo e apresentando transtorno de humor. Esse perfi l foi similar ao reportado pela literatura em estudos com esse tipo de serviço. Identifi car esse perfi l é fundamental para o desenvolvimento de estratégias terapêuticas específi cas para essa modalidade de terapia.
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