Análise Das Internações Por Esquizofrenia Em Um Município Do Oeste Paulista Nos Últimos Cinco Anos

Abstract

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.