Maturidade emocional e avaliação comportamental de crianças filhas de alcoolistas

Avaliação dos sintomas emocionais e comportamentais em crianças portadoras de dermatite atópica

“…3,4,18 With the objective of assessing the emotional characteristics of children, mental health care professionals that treat children must have a normal development reference point to analyze and identify the kind of behavior that may indicate emotional disorders. 19 There is not a sharply defined line between the normal and the ill when one assesses children, because they are in their full development. Evaluating children's emotional aspects requires the professional to pay attention to the characteristics of the development phases and, at the same time, to environmental changes.…”

“…The professional must be aware that the symptoms during childhood are not stable, they can change according to social structure and life conditions (Carmichael, 1975, apud Souza). 19 Understanding the human development has been the task of many researchers, based on the presuppose that "each phase is a product from the interaction with the environment and from the biological forces that work in the organisms." 19 In 1996, Bee shares the same opinion in another study, highlighting that in order to explain consistency and change in child's development it is necessary to explore nature and environment, biology and culture, understanding how the individual interacts with these factors.…”

Prevalência, continuidade e fatores de risco dos transtornos psiquiátricos na adolescência

“…Estudo realizado com 649 adolescentes entre 12 e 19 anos verificou o abuso de álcool em filhos de alcoolistas e constatou que um em cada quatro adolescentes que se identificaram como abusadores de álcool eram filhos de alcoolistas (Rodney et al 1996). Outro estudo mostrou os altos índices de reprodução do alcoolismo entre jovens adultos, apontando que um em cada três jovens adultos dependentes do álcool tem histórico de alcoolismo na família (Souza et al 2005).…”