Saúde mental em contextos indígenas: Escassez de pesquisas brasileiras,
            invisibilidade das diferenças

Batista, Marianna Queiróz; Zanello, Valeska

doi:10.5935/1678-4669.20160039

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“…Sendo assim, simbolicamente, os atos suicidas são materializados no tórax/garganta. 23,24 Por fim, é válido salientar que os estudos brasileiros, além de escassos 25 , discutem o sofrimento psíquico e suicídio, e não a saúde mental, fundamental para compreendê-los.…”

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Análise Da Predominância De Sintomas Depressivos E Suicídio Na População Indígena: Uma Revisão De Literatura

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Guasso²,

Sacco³

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Esta revisão sistemática simples visou elucidar dados epidemiológicos acerca de sintomas depressivos e suicídio na população indígena no Brasil e mundo, bem como os fatores de risco relacionados. Constatou-se que, à nível global, indígenas apresentam taxas maiores dos episódios mencionados quando comparados à população não indígena. Ademais, observou-se que fatores de risco como fragilidade econômica e social, conflitos relacionados à terra e discriminação, assemelham-se, independente da localidade. Conclui-se com a percepção da necessidade da elaboração de políticas econômicas e de saúde singulares direcionadas a esse grupo.

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Análise Da Predominância De Sintomas Depressivos E Suicídio Na População Indígena: Uma Revisão De Literatura

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Sacco³

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“…Anxiety, nervousness, anger, and sadness are the terms most commonly presented by indigenous populations to refer to the symptoms of mental illnesses (Kisely et al, 2017). Research related to mental illness in indigenous populations in Brazil and other parts of South America is still incipient (Batista & Zanello, 2016;Kisely et al, 2017).…”

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Influence of Socioeconomic Factors on the Knowledge of Medicinal Plants: A Case Study in the Truká Indigenous Population, Pernambuco, Brazil

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Ferreiraa²,

Armstrong³

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This study aims to assess the richness of knowledge about medicinal plants in the Truká indigenous community, highlighting the most important ones, as well as verifying whether that knowledge is influenced by socioeconomic factors. A survey on species used as therapeutic resources was carried out through semi-structured interviews, and the indices of use value (UV), relative importance (RI), and salience (SI) of the species were calculated. Additionally, the relationship of socioeconomic factors with the knowledge of medicinal plants was evaluated using generalized linear models (GLM). Ninety-nine ethnospecies were registered, and those most relevant to the indigenous community were among the botanical families Fabaceae and Lamiaceae. The plants most important to the residents of the community were used mainly for hypertension and anxiety. Older people, and those with a greater number of residents at home and lower income, knew a greater number of medicinal plants.

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“…Like other Amerindian people, Munduruku knowledge and medical practices are based on onto-epistemological assumptions that differ from those postulated by biomedical or psychological knowledge. As such, it is inaccurate to translate Munduruku nosological categories into categories like "depressive symptomatology", "psychological disorder", or "mental health" [61]. Therefore, the instruments utilized in this research may produce equivocal comprehension [38] regarding Munduruku ontological and sociocultural specificities, since the GDS-SF is not validated for Munduruku people.…”

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Impacts of the Goldmining and Chronic Methylmercury Exposure on the Good-Living and Mental Health of Munduruku Native Communities in the Amazon Basin

Achatz

Vasconcellos

Viana

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This paper is an exploratory study that examines the illegal goldmining impacts on Munduruku communities’ “Good-Living” (Xipan Jewewekukap) and explores the possible relationship between chronic methylmercury (MeHg) exposure and the worsening mental health conditions in three villages in the Middle-Tapajós River, Brazilian Amazon. The region has been experiencing a long-lasting threat of goldminers’ invasions. A total of 109 people were interviewed and evaluated. Total mercury (THg) exposure levels were evaluated through hair samples analysis, from which MeHg exposure levels were calculated. The Geriatric Depression Scale—Short Form (GDS-SF) was used as a screening tool in order to assess mental health indicators. Brief non-structured interviews were carried out to investigate how goldmining is impacting the communities Good-Living. A Poisson regression model was used to estimate the possible association between mental health indicators (assessed through the GDS-SF) and the following independent variables: (i) mercury exposure level (<10.0 μg/g vs. ≥10.0 μg/g), (ii) self-reported nervousness, (iii) self-reported irritability, (iv) age group, and (v) monthly income. The analysis revealed high levels of mercury in hair samples (median: 7.4 µg/g, range 2.0–22.8; 70% and 28% of the participants had THg levels ≥6.0 and ≥10.0 µg/g, respectively) and pointed to a tendency in which higher levels of methylmercury exposure (Hg ≥ 10.0 µg/g) could be linked to worse mental health indicators. Although the GDS-SF has presented limitations due to the Munduruku sociocultural context, our findings suggest a tendency of worse mental health indicators in participants presenting high levels of MeHg exposure. Despite this limitation, the qualitative approach indicates an evident association between the impacts of goldmining and the Munduruku people’s decreasing autonomy to maintain a Good-Living on their own terms, pointing to the importance of carrying out new investigations, especially considering longitudinal studies with qualitative methodologies and ethnographic approaches.

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Saúde mental em contextos indígenas: Escassez de pesquisas brasileiras, invisibilidade das diferenças

Cited by 10 publications

References 18 publications

Análise Da Predominância De Sintomas Depressivos E Suicídio Na População Indígena: Uma Revisão De Literatura

Análise Da Predominância De Sintomas Depressivos E Suicídio Na População Indígena: Uma Revisão De Literatura

Influence of Socioeconomic Factors on the Knowledge of Medicinal Plants: A Case Study in the Truká Indigenous Population, Pernambuco, Brazil

Impacts of the Goldmining and Chronic Methylmercury Exposure on the Good-Living and Mental Health of Munduruku Native Communities in the Amazon Basin

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