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| Author(s): |
Sandro Sendin Mitsuhiro
[1]
;
Elisa Chalem
[2]
;
Marina Moraes Barros
[3]
;
Ruth Guinsburg
[4]
;
Ronaldo Laranjeira
[5]
Total Authors: 5
|
| Affiliation: | [1] Universidade Federal de São Paulo. Department of Psychiatry. Research Unit of Alcohol and Drugs - Brasil
[2] Universidade Federal de São Paulo. Department of Psychiatry. Research Unit of Alcohol and Drugs - Brasil
[3] Universidade Federal de São Paulo. Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics - Brasil
[4] Universidade Federal de São Paulo. Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics - Brasil
[5] Universidade Federal de São Paulo. Department of Psychiatry. Research Unit of Alcohol and Drugs - Brasil
Total Affiliations: 5
|
| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria; v. 28, n. 2, p. 122-125, 2006-06-00. |
| Abstract | |
OBJECTIVE: 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. METHOD: One thousand pregnant teenagers were evaluated using the Composite International Diagnostic Interview, and a socio-demographic and socio-economic questionnaire at the obstetric center of a public hospital in São Paulo, Brazil. Hair sample was collected for analysis. RESULTS: Of the 1000 pregnant teenagers interviewed, 53.6% were poor, 90.4% were unemployed, 92.5% were financially dependant and 60.2% dropped out of school. Those using drugs during the third trimester of pregnancy were equal to 6% (marijuana: 4%, cocaine: 1.7%, both: 0.3%). Those having at least one psychiatric disorder equaled 27.6%. The most frequent diagnoses were depression (12.9%), posttraumatic stress disorder (10.0%) and anxiety disorders (5.6%). DISCUSSION: Unstructured families, dropping out of school, unemployment and a low level of professional training are all contributing factors to the maintenance of an unfavorable socio-economic environment in which there is a high prevalence of cocaine and marijuana use during the third trimester of pregnancy and an abnormally high incidence of psychiatric disorders. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 00/10293-5 - Drug abuse among pregnant adolescents |
| Grantee: | Ronaldo Laranjeira |
| Support Opportunities: | Research Projects - Thematic Grants |