Análise do perfil dos encaminhamentos ao serviço de psicologia aplicada – SPA, da Universidade Federal do Ceará campus Sobral.

Abstract

The present work had the objective of analyzing the referrals to the Applied Psychology Service of the Federal University of Ceará - Campus Sobral. The interest in researching this theme was based on the experience lived in the supervised stage of this institution, since a significant number of patients arrives by referral of some of the services that make up the health and social assistance network of the municipality of Sobral and neighboring regions . In this perspective, it is understood that the School of Psychology Services has as main objective to offer the students of the course a practical and theoretical experience, with the aim of adding knowledge in the training of future professionals, besides fulfilling a social role enabling the provision of care disadvantaged population. This research is characterized as a quantitative survey descriptive of the referrals made to the SPA, was carried out through the analysis of the medical records that arrive at the service with guidance of referral of other services of the health and social assistance network of Sobral and neighboring regions. The data were tabulated and divided into charts and tables according to the defined themes: entry into service, gender, age, neighborhood, origin, reason for referral, complaint, current situation in the service. It was possible to identify that the municipality of Sobral has an overload of demands regarding mental health and that even though it does not have many network services that offer psychological counseling for cases considered mild, it seeks ways to refer these patients.