Occupational exposure to pesticides, nicotine and minor psychiatric disorders among tobacco farmers in southern Brazil

Since 1948 a number of papers published in Great Britain have demonstrated the feasibility of studying the incidence and prevalence of both major and minor psychiatric disorders in general practice (3, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11, 14, 16, 17, 18). Few, however, have focused on the health of West Indian immigrants in Great Britain, some 125,000 of whom have entered the country since that time (2, 12, 13, 20). This paper reports on the results of a six-month psychiatric morbidity survey of a group general practice in Brixton, the main purpose of which was to collect and compare data on the illness and consultation patterns of West Indian and English patients attending the same general practice.

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Minor psychiatric disorders in mothers and asthma in children

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology ◽

10.1007/s00127-008-0450-x ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 44 (5) ◽

pp. 416-420 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

Maria Beatriz Barreto do Carmo ◽

Darci Neves Santos ◽

Leila Denise Alves Ferreira Amorim ◽

Rosemeire Leovigildo Fiaccone ◽

Sergio Souza da Cunha ◽

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Keyword(s):

Psychiatric Disorders ◽

Asthma In Children ◽

Minor Psychiatric Disorders

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Minor psychiatric disorders and their associations in family caregivers of people with mental disorders

Ciência & Saúde Coletiva ◽

10.1590/1413-812320172211.06922016 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 22 (11) ◽

pp. 3567-3578 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Carlos Alberto dos Santos Treichel ◽

Vanda Maria da Rosa Jardim ◽

Luciane Prado Kantorski ◽

Aline dos Santos Neutzling ◽

Michele Mandagará de Oliveira ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Mental Disorders ◽

Psychiatric Disorders ◽

Family Caregivers ◽

Linear Trend ◽

Trend Test ◽

P Value ◽

Test Statistic ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Self Reporting Questionnaire ◽

Minor Psychiatric Disorders

Abstract This study aims to analyze the occurrence of minor psychiatric disorder and their associations in relatives of people with mental disorders. This is a cross-sectional study of 1164 relatives. For the tracking of minor psychiatric disorders the Self-Reporting Questionnaire Scale (SRQ20) was used, adopting 6/8 as cut-off point. Bivariate analyzes were conducted using Chi-squared test. Trends among strata of independent variables were investigated in relation to the outcome using nonparametric linear trend test. Statistic significance was defined as p-value < 0.05. Crude and adjusted binary logistic regressions were conducted using as a basis the hierarchical model developed through a systematic literature review. It was observed in the population a prevalence of 46.9% for minor psychiatric disorders. Higher prevalence of minor psychiatric disorders were strongly associated with the female gender, older age, first degree family ties, not having a paid work, lower education level, lower income, health problems, lower quality of life and feeling of burden. Many factors are related to the emotional and mental illness of family caregivers, demanding health services to be prepared to recognize and intervene in these situations.

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Prevalence and factors associated with minor psychiatric disorders in hospital housekeeping workers*

Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP ◽

10.1590/s1980-220x2016026303239 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 51 (0) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Cintia da Silva Marconato ◽

Ana Carolina de Souza Magnago ◽

Tânia Solange Bosi de Souza Magnago ◽

Graziele de Lima Dalmolin ◽

Rafaela Andolhe ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Psychiatric Disorders ◽

Health Workers ◽

Leisure Activities ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

University Hospital ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Factors Associated ◽

Study Population ◽

Self Reporting Questionnaire ◽

Minor Psychiatric Disorders

Abstract OBJECTIVE Investigating the prevalence and factors associated with minor psychiatric disorders (MPDs) in Hospital housekeeping workers. METHOD A cross-sectional study carried out in 2013 with workers from the cleaning service of a public university hospital in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Data were collected through a form containing sociodemographic, occupational, habits and health variables. The Self-Reporting Questionnaire-20 was used in order to evaluate MPDs. RESULTS The study population consisted of 161 workers. The overall prevalence of suspected MPD was 29.3%. The chances of suspected MPDs were higher in workers with Effort-Reward Imbalance, those who did not have time or who occasionally had time for leisure activities, and those taking medications. CONCLUSION The prevalence of MPDs was similar to that found in the literature for health workers. Therefore, we consider it important to include these workers in institutional programs for continuing health education.

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Prevalence of minor psychiatric disorders in nursing professors

Escola Anna Nery ◽

10.5935/1414-8145.20140058 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 18 (3) ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Juliana Petri Tavares ◽

Tânia Solange Bosi de Souza Magnago ◽

Carmem Lúcia Colomé Beck ◽

Rosângela Marion da Silva ◽

Francine Cassol Prestes ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Psychiatric Disorders ◽

Minor Psychiatric Disorders

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Sleep-related problems and minor psychiatric disorders among Brazilian shift workers

Psychiatry Research ◽

10.1016/j.psychres.2017.08.018 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 257 ◽

pp. 412-417 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Maria Teresa Anselmo Olinto ◽

Anderson Garcez ◽

Ruth Liane Henn ◽

Jamile Block Araldi Macagnan ◽

Vera Maria Vieira Paniz ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Psychiatric Disorders ◽

Shift Workers ◽

Minor Psychiatric Disorders

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Association of occupational exposure to pesticides with overweight and abdominal obesity in family farmers in southern Brazil

International Journal of Environmental Health Research ◽

10.1080/09603123.2021.1991284 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-12

Author(s):

Roberta Andressa Line Araújo ◽

Cleber Cremonese ◽

Ramison Santos ◽

Camila Piccoli ◽

Gabriela Carvalho ◽

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Keyword(s):

Occupational Exposure ◽

Abdominal Obesity ◽

Southern Brazil ◽

Family Farmers

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Culture-related specific psychiatric syndromes

New Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry ◽

10.1093/med/9780199696758.003.0125 ◽

2012 ◽

pp. 979-986

Author(s):

Wen-Shing Tseng

Keyword(s):

Psychiatric Disorder ◽

Psychiatric Disorders ◽

Psychological Factors ◽

Bipolar Disorders ◽

Cultural Factors ◽

Adjustment Disorders ◽

Formation Reaction ◽

Conversion Disorders ◽

Stress Formation ◽

Minor Psychiatric Disorders

In certain ways, all psychiatric disorders are more or less influenced by cultural factors, in addition to biological and psychological factors, for their occurrence and manifestation. ‘Major’ psychiatric disorders (such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorders) are more determined by biological factors and relatively less by psychological and cultural factors, but ‘minor’ psychiatric disorders (such as anxiety disorders, conversion disorders, or adjustment disorders) are more subject to psychological causes as well as cultural factors. In addition to this, there are groups of psychiatric disorders that are heavily related to and influenced by cultural factors, and therefore addressed as culture-related specific psychiatric syndromes. Even though the encounter of culture-related specific psychiatric disorder in our daily psychiatric practice is relatively rare, the purpose of examining such specific syndromes has its significant purpose and implications. Through such unique examples, it helps us to appreciate the cultural attribution to the stress formation, reaction pattern, symptom manifestation, occurrence of frequency of disorders, and reaction to the disorders. It also concerns how to work on therapy for the disorder by complying patient’s cultural background.

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