Era uma vez chapeuzinho amarelo: saúde de crianças de um centro de atenção psicossocial à infância

Abstract

This article aims to analyse data regarding the health of children who attended a psychosocial care center in a city in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Methodologically, it was a cross-sectional, descriptive and mixed study with 31 children. The results show that a large part of the evaluated children demonstrated to have stress in at least one level, and that what stood out the most was psychological stress with depressive components. Still, it is noteworthy the fact that girls presented a higher frequency of stress than boys. It is believed that this is an important data that needs to be considered when thinking about the diagnosis and treatment of children who use the service.