Schizophrenia is defined as a complex syndrome that challenges the medical clinic when
presenting varied psychopathological manifestations. In this aspect, the main symptoms of
schizophrenia appear insidiously during adolescence or adulthood and include anxiety, mental
confusion, depressive mood, isolation, as well as hallucinations, delusions of thought, avolition,
and psychotic outbreaks. The study aimed to establish an epidemiological profile in order to
categorize risk for schizophrenic disorders in a population of a certain municipality of the West of
São Paulo during the period 2013-2017. Thus, the following characteristics were defined as
parameters: admissions by age group, by sex, by skin color and by character of care. Data were
collected from the Hospital Information System (SIH / DATASUS). The results obtained traced as
epidemiological profile of this municipality the white, adult population, female and with elective
hospitalization. Finally, we conclude the need to conduct research in the area of mental disorders
in Brazil.
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