Saúde mental e violência entre estudantes da sexta série de um município paulista

Abstract

OBJECTIVE:To analyze risk and protective factors for mental health problems among adolescents. METHODS:Cross-sectional study with a random sample (N=327; attrition rate=6.9%) of sixth grade students from all public and private schools in the city of Barretos, Southeastern Brazil, conducted in 2004. The factors studied were: exposure to intrafamilial and urban violence, family socioeconomic level, sex, motherless household, participation in social activities (protective factor). All the independent risk and protective factors were included in the initial logistic regression model. Only the variable with a signifi cance level of p<0.05 remained in the model. RESULTS:It was observed that exposure to violence was the only factor associated with mental health problems in the fi nal logistic regression model (p=0.02, 95% CI: 1.12;4.22). In addition, adolescents exposed to intrafamilial violence were three times more likely to have problems than those exposed to urban violence (p=0.04; 95% CI: 1.03;7.55). CONCLUSIONS:Intrafamilial violence was associated with mental heath problems among adolescents studied and it could be more important than urban violence in medium-sized cities.

Influence of psychosocial risk factors on the trajectory of mental health problems from childhood to adolescence: a longitudinal study

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Violência doméstica e risco para problemas de saúde mental em crianças e adolescentes

“…O estudo dessas possíveis associações tem sido de grande importância para as pesquisas em psicopatologia (Assis et al, 2009;FleitlichBilyk & Goodman, 2001;A. Goodman, Fleitlich-Bilyk, Patel, & Goodman, 2007;Paula et al, 2008;Polanczyk, Zavaschi, Benetti, Zenker, & Gammerman, 2003;Serafi m, Saffi , Achá, & Barros, 2011 (Assis et al, 2009). A maioria dos estudos realizados em países em desenvolvimento, como o Brasil, aponta prevalência entre 10% e 20%, sendo que alguns encontraram risco em torno de 30% (Canino et al, 2004;Fleitlich-Bilyk & Goodman, 2004;Paula, Duarte, & Bordin, 2007).…”

A violência urbana contra crianças e adolescentes em Belo Horizonte: uma história contada através dos traumas maxilofaciais

“…dessa forma, o envolvimento dos adultos com a violência, seja como vítima ou agressor, fato apontado e discutido amplamente na literatura, pode significar um resultado trágico de todas as experiências vivenciadas na infância e adolescência. segundo Paula et al (2008), o fato de crianças e adolescentes presenciarem algum tipo de violência é fator de risco para doença mental. Para as crianças, especificamente, considerando a violência doméstica, esse risco é três vezes maior quando comparada à violência urbana.…”