Objective: to characterize the sociodemographic and psychiatric profile of women users of psychoactive substances in treatment for drug addiction. Method: descriptive study of quantitative approach performed with women attended at a Psychosocial Care Center for Users of Alcohol and Other Drugs (CAPS ad) from the interior of São Paulo State. Results: the sample consisted of 349 adult women, single, low educational level and unemployed, users of alcohol, cocaine, crack and tranquillizers. Among the consequences of use include withdrawal syndrome, overdose, depressive and suicidal symptoms. Most were referred for treatment by the family or health services. Almost 20% of these women had previously started treatments. Conclusion: The results suggest marked morbidity and high levels of psychosocial vulnerability, which require thorough investigation at the patient's admission, as well as damage associated with use, withdrawal symptoms and depressive symptoms.
The aim of this study is to evaluate the associations between having parents with substance use problems, and having suffered neglect within the family, and behavioral problems (psychological and drug use) among adolescents. All the participants were enrolled on the socio-educational parole scheme, ‘Assisted Freedom’. In this cross-sectional study, 150 adolescents were interviewed using the Drug Abuse Screening Test, Teen Addiction Severity Index, and Childhood Trauma Questionnaire. Ninety-five percent of the participants were male ( n = 143), aged 13–17. Thirty percent of adolescents had a parent who used substances and had experienced neglect from their families. Those adolescents who were living with both parents (odds ratio adjusted (ORA) = 2.7, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.13–6.37), from a low-income family (ORA = 6.7, 95% CI = 1.85–24.22), experienced hallucinations (ORA = 2.8, 95% CI = 1.25–6.14), had problems controlling violent behavior (ORA = 2.6, 95% CI = 1.12–5.87), and were physically neglected (ORA = 3.0, 95% CI = 1.24–7.49) were more likely to have parents who used substances and to have experienced parental neglect. This article concludes that adolescents, who are on parole, come from families with high level of psychosocial vulnerabilities, including substance use, experience neglect by their families leading to adverse emotional and psychological states.
RESUMO PERRUCI, L. G. O uso de substâncias psicoativas e papéis ocupacionais entre adolescentes em cumprimento de medida socioeducativa na liberdade assistida. 2018. 90 f. Dissertação (Mestrado)
The preschool period (ages 3-6) is a time of rapid developmental growth in a variety of important areas as children continue to negotiate and balance their reliance upon the primary caregiver with their desire for independence, often marked by their first venture into the world beyond their immediate family and community.
Objective: To evaluate the socio-cultural factors associated with alcohol consumption by women, in the previous year, and during the gestational period (not knowing that they were pregnant).Method: This is a cross-sectional study, conducted with 112 pregnant women using Primary Health Care services in two municipalities in São Paulo state, Brazil. Sociodemographic and obstetric information tests to identify problems associated with alcohol were used.Results: The majority of participants were young, married, were of the Evangelical faith, had a low level of education and family income, did not work and lived in their own homes. The prevalence of alcohol use in the year before pregnancy was 57.1%, 6.8% drank in a binge pattern, of which 32.1% did not know they were pregnant.Conclusion: Pregnant women and women of reproductive age, who are in risk groups and have a high vulnerability, should take priority for interventions related to substance use, especially alcohol.
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