Circuitos e motivos para primeira internação em hospital psiquiátrico

Abstract

This is a descriptive exploratory study with the objectivc of identifying the Circuit and reasons presented by the fan.ily for the internment of patients in psychiatric institutions.

An interview with one of the members of the 30 families studies was utilized in gathering the data. The questionnaire was constituted of three parts: socio-demographic characterization of the population, Identification of the patient's Circuit and the reasoni presented by the family for the patient’s internment.

The following results were obtained:

1. As far as the circu.it, the first risourci soueat. was: general practitioner psychiatric hospital, general hospital, traditional healer spiritist, candomblé, cantoric priest, healer, pastor, pharmacist, psychiatrist and psychiatric out patient Service. The second resource souelit was: psychiatric hospital, general practitioner, psychiatrist, pharmacist, spiritist, maditional heacir, candomblé, catholic priest, psychiatric out patient Service, iinaliy, as a th i rd resource the circuit was: psychiatric hospital, psychiatric outpatient serviço, psychiatrist, general practitioner, spiritist and traditional hemer. 2. As far as the reason: presented for internment, the most common were: became too quiet, skipped work, didn't eat, didn’t eat enough, difficulty in sleeping, discussed in the streets, had fights with neigabouri, headaches, aches all over the body, pensive, said nobody liked him, laughed excessively, alternating singing and crying and easicy irritable.