Perceptions of people with mental disorders regarding social support from religion and health professionals.

Objective: to analyze the perception of people with mental disorders in relation to social support from religion and from health professionals.

Method: qualitative, descriptive-exploratory study, carried out with seven members of a Christian religious institution, adults and medically diagnosed with mental disorders. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews, between May and August 2021.

Effect of an Online Intervention on Nursing Students' Alcohol Consumption and Social Support.

Objective: This research aimed to evaluate the impact of custom-developed software on nursing students' alcohol consumption and perception of social support.

Method: A quasi-experimental study was conducted with 88 students in the early years of nursing courses at a Brazilian public university. The members of the intervention group (n = 40) participated in a lecture delivered by a nurse and used online software developed based on cognitive behavioral techniques and social skills training.

Expansion of Psychosocial Care Centers and their relationship with health and human rights.

Objective: To analyze the factors associated with the expansion of the number of Brazilian Psychosocial Care Centers (CAPS) considering aspects related to the general health scenario and the institutionalization of human rights.

Methods: An analytical document-based study, developed between February 2020 and May 2022, whose secondary data on the 27 Brazilian capitals were collected on platforms in the public domain, based on the time series from 2015 to 2020. Indicators were listed based on health system infrastructure and quality of life.

Mental Health Care in Primary Health Care: An Integrative Review.

In this study, we analyzed recent studies on mental health approaches developed in primary health care to identify the emphasis of such interventions, their technical feasibility for the setting in question, and their levels of evidence. An integrative review was conducted of primary studies from the LILACS, PubMed, Embase, CINAHL, and Web of Science databases using the PRISMA search strategy. Nineteen studies were identified with a high level of evidence that contribute to the advancement of knowledge in the area.

Psychosocial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic among settled women: A longitudinal study.

Objective: to analyze the psychosocial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic among Brazilian women from rural settlements.

Method: this is a quantitative and longitudinal study conducted with 13 settled women. The data were collected between January 2020 and September 2021 using questionnaires on the perception of the social environment (quality of life, social support, self-efficacy), common mental disorder symptoms and sociodemographic aspects.

Psychosocial factors and physical activity among workers in Brazil.

Background: Complex behaviors, such as physical activity (PA), may be related to different levels of influence.

Objective: To analyze the role of social support, mood and alcohol consumption as psychosocial predictors on the engagement in PA among Brazilian workers.

Methods: This is a quantitative, cross-sectional analytical study.

Evaluation of software for mental health promotion of undergraduate nursing students in the early years of college.

Objective: To evaluate mental health promotion software for students in the early years of undergraduate nursing course.

Method: Descriptive study developed with 41 undergraduates from a private higher education institution in an inland city of the state of São Paulo, approved by the Research Ethics Committee. Data collection was carried out remotely from April to October 2021, using a sociodemographic characterization questionnaire and student assessment of the software.

Experience of Vulnerable Women Narrated through the Body-Mapping Technique.

Vulnerable women are considered a priority in public policies and research agendas. It is necessary to understand better the specificities of their daily lives and the meanings they attribute to their experiences, as this undoubtedly contributes to more grounded and culturally appropriate practices. Additionally, innovative techniques in qualitative research are demanded in academia.

Role of sociodemographic factors and self-efficacy in the perception of social support of nursing students.

Objective: To analyze the role of sociodemographic factors and self-efficacy in the perception of social support by nursing students of the first years of nursing school.

Method: This is a quantitative cross-sectional research, developed with 121 undergraduate students from the early years of the course. A sociodemographic questionnaire, the Higher Education Self-Efficacy Scale and the abbreviated version of the Social Support Questionnaire were used.

Social support networks of users of crack cocaine and the role of a Brazilian health program for people living on the street: A qualitative study.

This cross-sectional qualitative study analyzed characteristics of social support for users of crack cocaine and the role of "Consultório na Rua" (CR), or "Office in the Street," a Brazilian program for people living on the street. Data were collected using 1) ethnographic field observations during the delivery of services from this program, 2) in-depth interviews with 17 users of crack cocaine, and 3) a focus group with professionals from CR. To analyze data, we used content analysis and analytical categories based on Social Network Analysis (SNA) theoretical statements.

The influence of work environment relationships on mental health of Brazilian seamstresses.

Background: The work environment is a place in which different kinds of interpersonal relationships are developed and can contribute positively or negatively to productivity and to workers' well-being. Discussion on this topic may contribute to building more coping strategies to fight against gender inequality and the emotional repercussions of these conditions.

Objective: This is a cross-sectional study that investigated the possible influence of work environment relationships on the mental health of Brazilian seamstresses.

Violence, drugs, and psychiatric disorders: news from the Brazilian press.

The aim of this study is to describe the way that the Brazilian press reports on episodes of violence involving people with substance-related problems or psychiatric disorders. To develop this documentary study, we analyzed news reports from September 2009 to August 2015 in two major Brazilian newspaper who make their published articles available electronically in the Lexis Nexis Academic® database. The analyses were conducted using descriptive statistics and association tests.

Mental health actions and nurse's work.

Objective: to analyze the perception of nurses and other members of the patient care team about nurses' actions in mental health care.

Methods: the study was conducted with professionals from mental health services in the interior of the state of São Paulo. The data collected through semi-structured interviews, a questionnaire with closed questions and a focus group were submitted to content analysis.

Psychosocial care network: managers' perception and tensions of the field.

Objective: to analyze the perception of workers and managers about the psychosocial care network in a medium-sized municipality in the inlands of the state of Minas Gerais.

Method: qualitative, descriptive and exploratory study involving twelve participants from different points of the network. The semi-structured interviews were analyzed in the light of Pierre Bourdieu's framework of constructionist structuralism.

Promotion of women's mental health: the influence of physical health and the environment.

Objective: To describe the results of a group of women's mental health promotion conducted by nurses.

Method: This is a quantitative study of the pre- and post-test type. The participants were women aged between 20 and 64 years old attending a Primary Care Unit.

The role of social support in the psychological illness of women.

Objective: to analyze the relationship between perception of social support and emotional and physical symptoms associated with psychiatric conditions among women.

Method: a cross-sectional, quantitative study was carried out with a randomized random sample of 141 women attended at a Family Health Unit of the city of Ribeirão Preto/SP. A sociodemographic questionnaire, the Social Support Questionnaire and the Self-Report Questionnaire were used.

Risk factors for substance use: perception of student leaders.

Objective: to analyze the perceptions of student leaders of the undergraduate course in Nursing about the motivations and/or risk factors for substance use in the university environment.

Method: qualitative, transversal, descriptive study developed in a university campus in the state of São Paulo. Thirty members of associations affiliated with the course in Nursing participated.

The Role of Social Support for Patients with Mental Disorders in Primary Care in Brazil.

The aim of this article was to identify the health care providers and other agencies in a given region where psychiatric patients included in the study reside. In addition, we evaluated how these patients perceive social support for specific needs related to mental health. This study was carried out using fieldwork and face-to-face semistructured interviews with 25 patients who were receiving psychiatric treatment through primary health care.