UM OLHAR EPIDEMIOLÓGICO SOBRE SOFRIMENTO PSÍQUICO NAS POPULAÇÕES ATENDIDAS NOS POSTOS DE SAÚDE DA UCPEL.

Abstract

This paper presents the data of a cross-sectional made in two suburbs communities of a city in the south of Brazil in 2002, where are located UCPel s Health Centers. The objective was evaluate health mental conditions in these populations to improve the service given. In a total, 848 residents were interviewed with an average familiar wages of R$ 478,00; average age 41,1 and average schooling 6,5 years. It was evaluated psychiatric morbidity among relatives through a criterion of psychiatric hospital admissions. The implications most quoted about living with relatives who suffer from psychiatric morbidity were the restriction on work and on keeping a social contact. The prevalence of minor psychiatric disorders was of 33,8%, indicating the need of care.