scholarly journals Expressed emotion and socio-demographic and clinical factors in families of Brazilian patients with schizophrenia

2018 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Carolina Guidorizzi Zanetti ◽  
Kelly Graziani Giacchero Vedana ◽  
Camila Corrêa Matias Pereira ◽  
João Mazzoncini de Azevedo Marques ◽  
Amanda Heloisa Santana da Silva ◽  
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Background: Families are the main caregivers of people with schizophrenia. Family dynamic and expressed emotion (EE) of relatives are fundamental determinants on the course of schizophrenia. Method: This study analyzed socio-demographic and clinical factors related to EE components. A total of 94 dyads (patients with schizophrenia and their relatives) were recruited from three mental health clinics. A form containing socio-demographic and clinical variables and the Brazilian version of Family Questionnaire were used and the data were analyzed through regression model. Results: Results showed that factors such as patients’ occupation status and patients’ age, as well as relatives’ gender and the degree of relatedness, were related to emotional overinvolvement and critical comments levels. Conclusion: This is the first study in the Brazilian cultural context that evaluates EE components and related factors on families of patients with schizophrenia. Other studies concerning EE on different cultural contexts and possible interventions must be carried out to help health professionals to improve patient and family care.

1973 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Madeleine Leininger

Reports of an increase in witchcraft manifestations in the United States have given rise to the need for mental health staffs who can understand witchcraft behavior, beliefs, practices, and some of the dynamic factors influencing the occurrence of this phenomenon. Currently, witchcraft victims are being admitted to mental health clinics and hospitals, but often the staff may not be aware of witchcraft behavior or its significance, and may not know how to help the victims. Consequently, witchcraft victims may not be helped at all or may receive treatment which aggravates the condition. Witchcraft as an expression of psychological, social-cultural norm stresses must be understood within the victim's cultural context. This paper describes an empirically derived psychocultural framework which was used as a guide in helping the witchcraft victims.


2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 559-572 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Carolina G. Zanetti ◽  
Marcia A. Ciol ◽  
Georg Wiedemann ◽  
João Mazzoncini de Azevedo-Marques ◽  
Rosana Aparecida Spadoti Dantas ◽  
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Background and Purpose: The Family Questionnaire-Brazilian Portuguese Version (FQ-BPV) has been preliminarily validated in the Brazilian population. This study assessed the predictive validity of the FQ-BPV for relapse in patients with schizophrenia. Methods: Ninety-four dyads (patients with schizophrenia and their relatives) were recruited from three mental health clinics. Expressed emotion was assessed using the FQ-BPV. Presence of relapse was assessed at 6-, 9-, 12-, and 18-month follow-ups and analyzed through logistic regressions. Results: The critical comments (CC) domain of the FQ-BPV was statistically significant at 18 months. However, the model was not sufficiently robust to classify individuals correctly into relapse or no relapse categories. Conclusion: The FQ-BPV did not predict relapse well and we cannot recommend it for that purpose in Brazil without further studies.


2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 423-439
Author(s):  
Christin Mujica ◽  
Kiara Alvarez ◽  
Shalini Tendulkar ◽  
Mario Cruz-Gonzalez ◽  
Margarita Alegría

Author(s):  
Johanna B. Folk ◽  
Marissa A. Schiel ◽  
Rachel Oblath ◽  
Vera Feuer ◽  
Aditi Sharma ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 237437352199695
Author(s):  
Pearl Ed Cuevas ◽  
Patricia Davidson ◽  
Joylyn Mejilla ◽  
Tamar Rodney

Dignity therapy as an intervention has been used for individuals receiving palliative care. The goal of this review is to explore the current state of empirical support to its use for end-of-life care patients. Data sources were articles extracted from search engines PubMed, Cochrane, Embase, CINAHL, Web of Science, and PsycINFO. The years searched were 2009 to 2019 (10-year period). The review process was guided by the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses. Results revealed the feasibility, acceptability, satisfaction, and effectiveness of dignity therapy for life-limiting cases/conditions of patients in different age groups. It also highlighted the importance of the therapy setting and the need to apply this in the cultural context. The meaning of dignity therapy to patients and their family care members also emerged. Findings showed most patients displayed the need to leave a legacy and from this their core values surfaced. In conclusion, this review highlighted the contribution of dignity therapy to the holistic care of patients who hope to leave a legacy. The therapy was also relevant to decrease the anxiety; depression, and burden of family members throughout the palliative care period of their loved ones.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (33) ◽  
pp. 14-26
Author(s):  
Teila Ceolin ◽  
Rita Maria Heck ◽  
Renata Menasche ◽  
Maria-Antonia Martorell-Poveda

O objetivo foi compreender o sistema de cuidado à saúde entre famílias rurais ao Sul do Rio Grande do Sul. Constituiu-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa, com orientação etnográfica, realizada em 2014, com 25 interlocutores, residentes em um território rural. Os dados foram analisados por meio de uma abordagem hermenêutica antropológica. As práticas de cuidado à saúde, para essas famílias rurais, envolvem diferentes saberes, tanto os oriundos do sistema formal, quanto do sistema informal de saúde. Essas práticas transitam pelo cuidado familiar, serviços biomédicos, religiosidade, não ocorrendo um fluxo único, mas utilizando-se dos diferentes espaços e serviços, de acordo com suas necessidades. Nesse sentido, para realização de um cuidado integral à saúde dos indivíduos e das suas famílias, os profissionais necessitam conhecer o contexto cultural da comunidade acompanhada, entender e valorizar as práticas e as dinâmicas de cuidado que integram seu sistema de cuidado à saúde.Descritores: População Rural, Família, Cultura, Enfermagem. Health care system of rural familiesAbstract: The aim was to comprehend the health care system of rural families in the south of Rio Grande do Sul. Qualitative research with etnographic orientation, developed in 2014, with 25 interlocutors, residents of a rural territory. Data were analyzed through antropological hermeneutic approach. Health care practices, for these rural families, involve different knowledge, those from the formal system and those from the informal system of health. These practices transit through family care, biomedical systems and services, religiosity, not a single flow, but using different spaces and services, according to their needs. Thus, the realization of an integral health care of the individuals and their families requires professionals that know the community’s cultural context, understand it and value practices and care dybamics that integrate their health care system.Descripstors: Rural Population, Family, Culture, Nursing. Sistema de atención de salud a familias ruralesResumen: El objetivo era comprender el sistema de atención de salud entre las familias rurales en el sur de Rio Grande do Sul. Consistió en una investigación cualitativa, con orientación etnográfica, realizada en 2014, con 25 interlocutores, residentes en un territorio rural. Los datos se analizaron utilizando un enfoque hermenéutico antropológico. Las prácticas de atención médica para estas familias rurales implican diferentes tipos de conocimiento, tanto de los sistemas de salud formales como informales. Estas prácticas se mueven a través de la atención familiar, los servicios biomédicos, la religiosidad, no un solo flujo, sino que utilizan diferentes espacios y servicios, de acuerdo con sus necesidades. En este sentido, para brindar atención médica integral a las personas y sus familias, los profesionales necesitan conocer el contexto cultural de la comunidad que se sigue, comprender y valorar las prácticas y dinámicas de atención que integran su sistema de atención de salud.Descriptores: Población Rural, Família, Cultura, Enfermería.


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