Sandro Sendin Mitsuhiro

Universidade Federal de São Paulo | UNIFESP · Departamento de Psiquiatria

Objective To evaluate the associations between relapse and admissions (voluntary and involuntary) in a sample of patients with substance dependence. Methods This is a cross-sectional study undertaken at a private medical therapeutic community specialised in treating addiction, located in a rural area of São Paulo, Brazil. Sociodemographic characte...

Purpose: The heterogenic characteristics of affected family members (AFMs) of substance misusing relative (SMR) remain understudied. This study examined the occurrence and correlates of AFMs having more than one relative with substance use problems. Material and methods: A secondary analysis of a cross-sectional study on the characteristics of a...

As in many other health disorders, people who misuse substances tend to be assisted by female caregivers. Despite this, little is known about the characteristics of women affected by a substance misusing relative (SMR). Data from 2541 Brazilian female affected family members (AFM) were analyzed. The majority of participants were mothers, age 45 or...

Objective To evaluate the associations between relapse and admissions (voluntary and involuntary) in a sample of patients with substance dependence. Methods This is a cross-sectional study undertaken at a private medical therapeutic community specialised in treating addiction, located in a rural area of São Paulo, Brazil. Sociodemographic charact...

Objectives: We evaluated the psychometric properties of the Brazilian version of a set of measures designed to assess four psychological constructs associated with having a substance misusing relative in the family: the Family Member Impact (FMI), the Symptom Rating Test (SRT), the Coping Questionnaire (COPE) Hopefulness-hopelessness scale (HOPE)....

Purpose: There is a virtual absence of previous research about the experiences of people affected by the presence of a substance misuser in the family in Brazil. Materials and methods: A diverse sample of 3158 (80.6% female) affected family members (AFMs) was recruited in the largest cities in all five Brazilian regions. A Brazilian Portuguese tran...

Background and objectives: Retaining substance using women in antenatal care remains a major challenge. This study explored factors associated with attrition rate among women with substance use problems attending a supportive care service during pregnancy and soon after the birth of the infant. Methods: Records of 166 women's antenatal consultat...

Objective:: To compare intimate partner violence (IPV) prevalence rates in 2006 and 2012 in a nationally representative household sample in Brazil. The associations between IPV and substance use were also investigated. Methods:: IPV was assessed using the Conflict Tactic Scale-R in two waves (2006/2012) of the Brazilian Alcohol and Drugs Survey....

The trend of stimulant use, especially crack cocaine, carries worrisome ramifications in Brazil, whose population of 200. million includes a young, booming, new middle class, as well as a large, economically disadvantaged and uneducated tier of society; both are equally vulnerable to drug abuse and addiction. The geographically continental-sized pr...

Background: It is known that Brazil holds some of the highest rates of urban violence in the world, this may not be unrelated to the combination of an extremely unregulated alcohol market as well as a growing crack/cocaine issue. The misuse of those substances carry worrisome ramifications in Brazil, whose population of 200 million includes a youn...

Este estudo buscou analisar, em uma amostra representativa da população brasileira, as prevalências de aceitação de políticas relacionadas ao acesso, promoção, prevenção e tratamento dos problemas relacionados ao uso do álcool, bem como sua anuência para possíveis mudanças. Investigou, ainda, o perfil dos indivíduos não favoráveis às políticas por...

Este estudo buscou analisar, em uma amostra representativa da população brasileira, as prevalências de aceitação de políticas relacionadas ao acesso, promoção, prevenção e tratamento dos problemas relacionados ao uso do álcool, bem como sua anuência para possíveis mudanças. Investigou, ainda, o perfil dos indivíduos não favoráveis às políticas por...

Abstract Aim: It was to describe the kind of the record, according to International Classification of Diseases (ICD) 10 criteria for psychoactive substance use (F10 - F19) in the first-time hospital admissions in women of the Bairral Institute (Instituto Bairral, Itapira, São Paulo, Brasil) between 1997 and 2010. Methods: a cross-sectional study of...

Objective: To compare the neurobehavior of neonates born to adolescent mothers with and without depression during gestation. Methods: This prospective cross-sectional study included healthy term neonates born to adolescent mothers with untreated depression during gestation, without exposure to legal or illicit drugs, and compared them with infan...

Objective: to investigate factors associated with repeat pregnancies among adolescents in a tertiary hospital in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. Background: Teenage mothers present a high risk of repeat pregnancies during adolescence. Most of these pregnancies are unplanned. Methods: A cross-sectional study conducted in a tertiary hospital in São Pa...

This study estimates the prevalence of common mental disorders and the proportion and potential determinants of detection among adolescents attending prenatal care. We recruited 930 consecutive adolescents admitted for obstetric care, of which 457 participants had attended the hospital's prenatal care unit. Common mental disorders were assessed usi...

Prenatal tobacco exposure interferes with neonatal outcomes. To determine the neonatal neurobehavioral effects of in utero tobacco exposure. This prospective cross-sectional study included healthy, term, with birth weight appropriate for gestacional age neonates without exposure to alcohol, drugs, or infections, born to adolescent mothers without p...

The National Institute of Public Policy for Alcohol and Other Drugs (INPAD) is based at the Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil, and was created to collect scientific evidence regarding epidemiology, develop new therapeutic approaches, study health economics and provide education to subsidize the proper measures to change the Brazilian scenario...

Late preterm infants have higher morbidity in the neonatal period and difficulties at school age. There are few data about neonatal neurobehavior performance that may interfere in their development. To compare the neurobehavior of healthy late preterm and full-term neonates born to adolescent mothers. This prospective cross-sectional study included...

To investigate the association of cocaine and marijuana use during adolescent pregnancy in São Paulo-SP, Brazil, with psychiatric disorders, social status and sexual history. One thousand pregnant adolescents were assessed by using the Composite International Diagnostic Interview, and sociodemographic and socio-economic questionnaire at the obstetr...

The aim of this study is to check the validity of the self-report of drug use by pregnant adolescents, by comparing their responses to a structured interview about their use of cocaine and marijuana during the pregnancy with an analysis of their hair. Hair analysis detected the use of cocaine and/or marijuana in the third trimester of pregnancy in...

To evaluate the prevalence of ICD-10 psychiatric disorders in a population of pregnant teenage women from a Brazilian public hospital. 1000 pregnant teenage women were evaluated using the Composite International Diagnostic Interview, a structured interview which establishes diagnoses according to the International Classification of Diseases. 325 of...

Delineate a socio-demographic profile of multiparous teenage mothers at a public hospital in Brazil. This is a cross-sectional study consisting of 915 interviews with teenage girls, including 170 multiparous subjects whose babies were born alive. The multiparous teenage mothers had the following average characteristics: 17.8 years old; first pregna...

OBJECTIVE: To compare the neurobehavior of small (SGA) and adequate (AGA) for gestational age full-term neonates born to adolescent mothers. METHODS: This prospective cross-sectional study included full-term newborn infants aged 24-72 hours, free from central nervous system malformations and born to adolescent mothers at a single center in Brazil....

The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Network Neurobehavioral Scale (NNNS) is used to assess neurological integrity, behavioral function and the existence of stress and abstinence signs in newborn infants. To determine the neurobehavioral profile of healthy term neonates of adolescent mothers. Cross-sectional study with prospective collection of data. 4...

To compare the neurobehavior of small (SGA) and adequate (AGA) for gestational age full-term neonates born to adolescent mothers. This prospective cross-sectional study included full-term newborn infants aged 24-72 hours, free from central nervous system malformations and born to adolescent mothers at a single center in Brazil. Infants were assesse...

To evaluate the prevalence of cocaine and marijuana use during the third trimester of pregnancy in a population of 1000 teenage women of a public hospital in São Paulo, Brazil using hair analysis in order to avoid underestimation of data that could happen by the use of self-report questionnaires and describe socio-demographic, psychosocial and beha...

Both violence and depression during pregnancy have been linked to adverse neonatal outcomes, particularly low birth weight. The aim of this study was to investigate the independent and interactive effects of these maternal exposures upon neonatal outcomes among pregnant adolescents in a disadvantaged population from Sao Paulo, Brazil. 930 consecuti...

To identify the socio-demographic behavioral profile of low-income pregnant teenagers, 1,000 adolescents admitted to a Brazilian public maternity hospital from July 24, 2001, to November 27, 2002, were interviewed. Socio-demographic and behavioral variables were assessed through a questionnaire. Over the 492 days of the study, 24.3% of admissions w...

To identify the socio-demographic behavioral profile of low-income pregnant teenagers, 1,000 adolescents admitted to a Brazilian public ma- ternity hospital from July 24, 2001, to November 27, 2002, were interviewed. Socio-demographic and behavioral variables were assessed through a questionnaire. Over the 492 days of the study, 24.3% of admissions...

To assess the neurobehavior of full-term neonates of adolescent mothers exposed to marijuana during pregnancy. This prospective cross-sectional study included full-term infants within 24 to 72 hours of life born to adolescent mothers at a single center in Brazil. Data on sociodemographic and obstetrical and neonatal characteristics were collected....

To determine the prevalence of psychiatric disorders during pregnancy, the prevalence of cocaine and marijuana use during the third trimester of gestation and the socio-demographic characteristics of a population of low-income teenagers. One thousand pregnant teenagers were evaluated using the Composite International Diagnostic Interview, and a soc...

To investigate the 2-year outcome of the first 131 crack cocaine users who had been admitted for a period of inpatient treatment. Follow-up study of consecutive patients admitted between 1992 and 1994. Inpatient detoxification unit of a public general hospital in São Paulo City, Brazil. 131 consecutive crack cocaine users. Reported crack use during...