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Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde
Print version ISSN 1679-4974On-line version ISSN 2237-9622
Abstract
CONCEICAO, Déborah Santos; ANDREOLI, Sérgio Baxter; ESPERIDIAO, Monique Azevedo and SANTOS, Darci Neves dos. Attendance of children and adolescents with psychoactive substance use disorders performed by Psychosocial Care Centers in Brazil, 2008-2012. Epidemiol. Serv. Saúde [online]. 2018, vol.27, n.2, e2017206. Epub Apr 10, 2018. ISSN 1679-4974. http://dx.doi.org/10.5123/s1679-49742018000200002.
Objective:
to describe the profile of care for children and adolescents withpsychoactive substance use disorders performed by the Brazilian Psychosocial Care Centers (Centros de Atenção Psicossocial - CAPS) from 2008 to 2012.
Methods:
a descriptive study with data from the SUS Outpatient Information System (Sistema de Informações Ambulatoriais do Sistema Único de Saúde - SIA/SUS) and the system of National Registration of Health Establishments (Cadastro Nacional de Estabelecimentos de Saúde - CNES).
Results:
a total of 151.330 attendances were observed, 81.2% were males and 99.2% were in the age range of 10 to 19 years; the main causes were polydrug use (56.7%), cocaine (15.6%), marijuana (15.6%) and alcohol (9.0%); the CAPS for Alcohol and other Drugs (CAPS AD) accounted for 81.8% of the records; from 2008 to 2012, the attendance rate from 39.6 to 76.7/100 thousand inhabitants.
Conclusion:
there was an increase in the attendance rates, observing the predominance of males, age range of 10 to 19 years and disorders due to polydrug use.
Keywords : Child; Adolescents; Substance-Related Disorders; Mental Health Services.
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