Family functionality and burden of family caregivers of users with mental disorders.

Objective: to verify the difference of mean or median in the scores of family functionality and burden of family caregivers of people with mental disorders.

Methods: cross-sectional study carried out in a Psychosocial Care Center with 61 family caregivers. Instruments were used for sociodemographic characterization, care process, Family Apgar Index and Family Burden Interview Schedule.

Characterization of eating behavior disorders in school-aged children and adolescents: a population-based study.

Objective: Cross-sectional study to assess the characteristics of the risk behaviors for eating disorders (EDs) in school children between 10 and 14 years of age in the city of Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.

Methods: 1405 school-aged children were assessed, using the Eating Behaviours and Body Image Test (EBBIT) to screen for EDs. The normality of the continuing variables was tested using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test with Lilliefors correction.