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Introduction:
The World Health Organization (WHO) Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse appointed a Working Group on Sexual Disorders and Sexual Health in order to revise and propose changes to ICD-10 categories.
Aim:
Analyze ethical and legal implications in Brazil of the proposed ICD-11 diagnostic criteria for paraphilic disorders....
Aim and methods:
The aim of this article is to provide a narrative literature review of the 'third gender' phenomenon in Brazil ( Travestis), India ( Hijras) and Mexico ( Muxes), considering the social stigma, the legal and health aspects of these identities.
Results:
These three groups share similar experiences of stigmatisation, marginalisatio...
The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) is in the process of being revised. Sexuality-related conditions have been identified as a key area for revision, with the aim of improving clinical utility. Proposed revisions will be field-tested to evaluate their cultural sensitivity, relevance, and appropriateness across developed and developin...
Background: The correlations between protective and risk factors in Brazilian families with substance misuse problems were investigated in this study.
This study seeks to evaluate sexual risk behaviors in non-injecting substance-dependent patients admitted for specialized inpatient Brazilian care. A cross-sectional study using socio-demographic and sexual behavior information, drug of choice, Short Alcohol Dependence Data, Drug Abuse Screening, and Test for Nicotine Dependence was used in 299 sub...
Este estudio pretende evaluar los comportamientos sexuales de riesgo en pacientes dependientes de sustancias no inyectables admitidos en hospitalizacion especializada brasilena. Se realizo un estudio transversal con informacion sociodemografica, informacion sobre el comportamiento sexual, droga de eleccion y se les aplico el Short Alcohol Dependenc...
The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) is in the process of being revised by the World Health Organisation (WHO) with publication of the ICD-11 planned for 2015. The WHO has identified improved clinical utility as a key goal during this revision process, with an emphasis on improving the usefulness of revised classifications for patient...
Crack cocaine smokers exhibit high levels of risky sexual
behaviours. The current study examined a cohort of Brazilian crack
cocaine smokers (n=304) admitted to an addiction inpatient care
unit, assessing the reasons for risky sexual behaviours and their
non-use of condom. Using a drug abuse screening test (DAST)
and semi-structured questionna...
This study seeks to evaluate sexual risk behaviors in non-injecting
substance-dependent patients admitted for specialized inpatient
Brazilian care. A cross-sectional study using socio-demographic
and sexual behavior information, drug of choice, Short Alcohol
Dependence Data, Drug Abuse Screening, and Test for Nicotine
Dependence was used in 299 sub...
A Organização Mundial de Saúde (OMS) está em processo de revisão da Classificação Internacional de Doenças e dos Problemas Relacionados à Saúde, atualmente na sua 10ª versão (CID-10). Várias mudanças vêm sendo propostas para as condições relacionadas à sexualidade e à saúde sexual, sendo que uma delas é a total eliminação de todas as categorias do...
JUSTIFICATIVA E OBJETIVOS: Anestesiologistas são os mais representados em serviços de atendimento a médicos com transtornos por uso de substâncias psicoativas. O objetivo deste trabalho é apresentar um estudo descritivo sobre o perfil clínico e sociodemográfico de uma amostra de anestesiologistas dependentes químicos atendidos em um serviço de refe...
Anesthesiologists are the majority in impaired-physician programs that assist physicians who abuse psychoactive substances. The aim of this paper is to show a descriptive study about the clinical and sociodemographic profile of a sample of chemically dependent anesthesiologists treated in a reference program. In addition, the objective is to cite t...
Clinical and Demographic Profile of Anesthesiologists Using Alcohol and Other Drugs under Treatment in a Pioneering Program in Brazil. Background and objectives: Anesthesiologists are the majority in impaired-physician programs that assist physicians who abuse psychoactive substances. The aim of this paper is to show a descriptive study about the c...
Follow-ups of crack consumption are scarce in literature. The aim of this article was to investigate the evolution of a cohort of crack users and identify longitudinal outcomes. For the study, 131 consecutive crack users who were admitted to treatment (1992?1994) were interviewed. After 12 years, 107 participants were assessed. Among them, 43 were...
To investigate the relationship between age of onset, alcohol consumption patterns and related problems.
In 2004, one self-administered questionnaire was completed by 1,990 students from the 5th to 11th grades of schools in Paulínia-SP. Data collection was conducted at the classroom without the presence of the teacher. The participation in the stud...
To build students' profile regarding alcohol consumption and risk behavior.
A total of 1,990 students were included in the study, aged 11 to 21 years old, from both genders, enrolled in public and private schools, in Southeastern Brazil, in 2004. A self-administered questionnaire was answered in the classroom without the presence of the teacher. Th...
OBJECTIVE:
To build students' profile regarding alcohol consumption and risk behavior.METHODS:
A total of 1,990 students were included in the study, aged 11 to 21 years old,
from both genders, enrolled in public and private schools, in Southeastern Brazil,
in 2004. A self-administered questionnaire was answered in the classroom without
the pre...
OBJECTIVE: To build students' profile regarding alcohol consumption and risk behavior. METHODS: A total of 1,990 students were included in the study, aged 11 to 21 years old, from both genders, enrolled in public and private schools, in Southeastern Brazil, in 2004. A self-administered questionnaire was answered in the classroom without the presenc...
deste Consenso são: 1) Tornar as evidências científicas mais acessíveis para os que elaboram políticas públicas; 2) Facilitar a avaliação das diversas estratégias disponíveis segundo critérios de efetividade, suporte científico, custo e viabilidade de transposição cultural; 3) Familiarizar o profissional de saúde, e em especial os que trabalham em...
