Perfil epidemiológico de portadores de esquizofrenia internados no Instituto Raul Soares

Abstract

Schizophrenia is a worldwide public health issue, including both developed and undeveloped countries. The disease is the major reason of psychiatric admissions. Although nowadays mental health policies aim to decrease stay hospitalization and increase community treatment and support to people with mental health conditions, hospital admission are still required due to serious cases. Therefore, this study aims to describe the profile of the population that demand hospital treatment. An observational study was conducted by analysing medical records from Raul Soares Institute (IRS) between 2010 and 2013. Data was collected from 691 records from in-patients with final diagnostic schizophrenia. The majority of the patients were male (60.6%), single (82.8%), did not have an occupational activity (52.2%), unfinished elementary school (29.8%), lived in Belo Horizonte (BH) or metropolitan area (64.4%). The study has described the profile of patients diagnosed with schizophrenia treated at the teaching hospital Raul Soares Institute in order to lead to a high quality care and also the promotion of public policies which aim to optimize schizophrenia treatment and the fees related. In psychiatric postreform period, the characteristics of hospitalized patients indicate the need for a change of attitude to education, socialization and health care of these patients. Political, social and economic actions should be directed to this population group.