Adolescents in psychological distress linked to Centros de Atenção Psicossocial Infanto-Juvenil (CAPSi): daily life and social inclusion

• Grant number: 12/16268-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: March 01, 2013
• End date: February 28, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy
• Principal Investigator: Thelma Simões Matsukura
• Grantee: Amanda Dourado Souza Akahosi Fernandes
• Host Institution: Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde (CCBS). Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR). São Carlos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The impact of mental disorders in the development of children and adolescents leads to suffering these individuals and those with whom they live, and interfere with the educational and psychosocial development, and may cause psychiatric problems and problems in interpersonal relationships in adulthood. Thus, consider the daily lives of children and adolescents with psychological distress is of fundamental importance for understanding the processes that generate mental disorders on daily life and possibilities for intervention directed at the ball in the daily life - home, work and leisure. Objective: The objective of this study is to know the daily life of adolescents in psychological distress that are linked to Centros de atenção Psicossocial Infanto-jJuvenis (CAPSi), from the perspective of the occupation, daily activities and social inclusion. Methodology: This research is exploratory and uses a qualitative approach. Participants are teenagers aged between 12 and 18, inserted in Centros de Atenção Psicossocial Infanto-juvenis(CAPSi) and different actors involved in the daily lives of these young people. The research will be conducted with two CAPSi in the state of São Paulo. The instruments used for data collection will be a form for registration of personal data and interviews were semi-structured. For data analysis will be used the technique of Discurso do Sujeito Coletivo -DSC. Results are presented in order to reveal the daily lives of these teenagers and discussed in light of the theoretical framework of psychosocial rehabilitation and occupational therapy in mental health of children and adolescents. (AU)