Family motivations and expectations in the care for psychoactive substance users.

Objective: To understand the motivations and expectations of family members for the care of users of psychoactive substances.

Method: This is a qualitative study using Alfred Schutz's phenomenological sociology framework. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews with family members of substance users treated in the inpatient and outpatient clinic of a university hospital in southern Brazil.

Professional identity of mental health nurses: a phenomenological study in Merleau-Ponty.

Objective: To understand the professional identity of Mental Health Nurses.

Method: Qualitative research, based on Maurice Merleau-Ponty's phenomenology, conducted between October 2019 and April 2020, with sixteen Nurses working in the field of Mental Health, located in two municipalities of the State of Bahia, Brazil. The Phenomenological Interviewwas used to produce the data, which, after transcription, was submitted to analysis using the Analytics of Ambiguity.

Experiences and challenges of a street team in Portugal with vulnerable populations: phenomenological study.

Objective: To understand the experiences and challenges faced by professionals working on a street team in Portugal in caring for the vulnerable population from the phenomenological perspective of Alfred Schutz.

Method: Qualitative approach in the light of the theoretical framework of phenomenological Sociology, developed in a street team in the central region of Portugal from phenomenological interviews with five professionals in the months of June and July 2021. The interpretation of the results was analyzed through theoretical conceptions of Alfred Schutz's phenomenological sociology and related literature.

Spirituality and religiosity expressed by relatives of drug users: contributions to health care.

Objective: to analyze the expressions of spirituality and religiosity of relatives of people who abuse or are dependent on psychoactive substances.

Methods: exploratory-descriptive research that dialogues with the spirituality and religiosity conceptual framework. It was performed at an outpatient clinic specialized in drug treatment in southern Brazil.

Neoliberalism and precarious work in nursing in the COVID-19 pandemic: repercussions on mental health.

Objective: to understand how the contradictions and tensions of neoliberal policy, materialized in precarious work, affect nursing workers' mental health in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Method: this is a study with a qualitative and descriptive approach, analyzed in the light of neoliberal economic policy. Data were collected through virtual means, with the participation of 719 nursing workers, from April to June 2020.

The significance of the nursing actions in psychiatric hospitalization of female adolescent users of psychoactive substances.

Objective: To understand the significance of the actions developed by the nursing team in a Psychiatric Inpatient Unit for adolescent female users of psychoactive substances in the light of Alfred Schutz's phenomenological sociology framework.

Method: Qualitative study with Alfred Schutz's Phenomenological Sociology approach. Four nurses and 17 nursing assistants and technicians from a General Hospital in the city of Porto Alegre participated in the study.

A Prospective Study of Hematologic Complications and Long-Term Survival of Italian Patients Affected by Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome.

Objective: To describe the hematologic outcome and long-term survival of patients enrolled in the Shwachman-Diamond syndrome Italian Registry.

Study Design: A retrospective and prospective study of patients recorded in the Shwachman-Diamond syndrome Italian Registry.

Results: The study population included 121 patients, 69 males and 52 females, diagnosed between 1999 and 2018.

Assessment of components of crack users' attention network.

Objective: Assess components of the Psychosocial Attention Network (RAPS) in crack user care in a Rio Grande do Sul municipality.

Method: Qualitative study based on Fourth Generation Evaluation. Data collection occurred in 2014, through participating observation and interviews based on the Hermeneutic-Dialectic Circle.

Matrix support in mental health in primary care: the vision of supporters and nurses.

Objective: To understand the view of supporters and nurses on matrix support mental health actions in Primary Health Care.

Method: A qualitative and phenomenological study, with Alfred Schutz's framework of phenomenological sociology. The study was conducted with five supporters and 22 nurses from Basic Health Care Units in the city of Porto Alegre.

Psychiatric hospitalization of alcoholists from rural areas in a general hospital: expectations of families.

Objective: to know the expectations of family members of alcoholics living in rural areas under treatment in a Psychiatric Hospitalization Unit.

Method: qualitative research, through interviews with 15 relatives of alcoholics living in rural areas and hospitalized in a Psychiatric Unit. Information was interpreted in the light of Phenomenological Sociology.

Accountability and participation: how to overcome the tutelary character in the psychosocial care center for alcohol and drug users?

Objective: Analyze the degree of accountability and participation of user under treatment at the Psychosocial Care Center for Alcohol and Drug Users (CAPS-ad) from the harm reduction policy perspective.

Methods: It is a qualitative approach study, case study type, with 12 users and four professionals from CAPS-ad in a county of Minas Gerais state. Data were collected from April to September 2017, by means of semi-structured interview, participant observation and documental analysis.

[Mental health care technologies for treating crack users].

The aim of this study was to identify mental health care technologies for treating crack users in a Psychosocial Care Center for Alcohol and other Drugs (CAPsad, as per its acronym in Portuguese). A qualitative, evaluative case study was developed in a CAPSad, using fourth generation evaluation. Data collection occurred from January to March 2013 by means of semi-structured interviews applied to 36 subjects, these being health care professionals, patients, patients' relatives and managers.

[Characterization of the assistance practices in mental health care networking: an integrative review].

This study is an integrative literature review that aims to identify and analyze the characteristics of assistance practices in mental health Primary Health Care in Brazil. The sample consisted in nine articles, from databases consulted in the period between 2001 and 2009. In data analyses, results were grouped in two themes: activities and principles of psychiatric reform.

Ubiquitin-proteasome-rich cytoplasmic structures in neutrophils of patients with Shwachman-Diamond syndrome.

Background: Shwachman-Diamond syndrome is an autosomal recessive disorder in which severe bone marrow dysfunction causes neutropenia and an increased risk of leukemia. Recently, novel particulate cytoplasmic structures, rich in ubiquitinated and proteasomal proteins, have been detected in epithelial cells and neutrophils from patients with Helicobacter pylori gastritis and several epithelial neoplasms.

Design And Methods: Blood neutrophils from 13 cases of Shwachman-Diamond syndrome - ten with and three without SBDS gene mutation - and ten controls were investigated by confocal microscopy and ultrastructural immunocytochemistry using antibodies against ubiquitinated proteins, proteasomes, p62 protein, and Helicobacter pylori VacA, urease and outer membrane proteins.

[Evaluation of a psychosocial care center: the view of the family].

This study sought to evaluate a Psychosocial Care Center from the perspective of the users' family members. Qualitative research was carried out, based on the theoretical and methodological references of Fourth Generation Evaluation. Gathering of data was made in a mental health unit in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil, between October and November 2006, when 13 family members of users were interviewed.

[The Psychosocial Care Center in the everyday lives of its users].

The objective of this study was to understand the everyday lives of users of a Psychosocial Care Center (CAPS, Centro de Atenção Psicossocial). This is a qualitative study, with Alfred Schutz's phenomenological sociology as the theoretical framework. The studied field was a CAPS located in Porto Alegre, and the interviewed subjects were 13 users.

[Conceptions of a mental health team about interdisciplinary work].

The objective of this study was to understand the conceptions of a mental health team from a Psychosocial Care Center about interdisciplinary work. This is a qualitative study, of a descriptive type, developed in a mental health service in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The subjects of the study were eight professionals (psychiatrist, nurse, nutritionist, psychologist social worker occupational therapist, physical education teacher and nursing auxiliary).

[Work in a psychosocial care center: an analysis based on Alfred Schütz].

This essay aimed at understanding the work of a mental health team in a Psychosocial Care Center. It was based on Albert Schütz's phenomenological sociology ideas. Qualitative research was the methodological base of this study, in which statements were submitted to comprehensive analysis.

Efficacy of tropisetron (Navoban) in controlling emesis induced in children by anti-cancer therapy.

Aims And Background: High doses of metoclopramide are contraindicated to prevent chemotherapy-induced emesis in pediatric patients, since the incidence of extrapyramidal reactions is increased in these patients. The aim of this small study was to evaluate the antiemetic activity and the safety of tropisetron (a new selective antagonist of 5-HT3 receptors) in children who suffered nausea and vomiting during previous chemotherapy courses, despite the administration of an anxiolytic agent (hydroxyzine hydrochloride).

Methods: The children with a malignant neoplasm were treated for emesis with tropisetron (5 mg o.

[4 cases of Horton's temporal arteritis. Hypothesis on the possible correlations with rheumatic polymyalgia].

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) or temporal arteritis is an entity of unknown aetiology and uncertain autonomy for the close relationship with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR). This work describes four patients with GCA alone. All patients had clinical and laboratoristic evidence of the disease and were treated with steroids.