ABSTRACT
As novas demandas de saúde mental resultantes do contexto de pandemia levaram a equipe do Programa de Saúde Mental do Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre a desenvolver um protocolo de assistência especializada em saúde mental para os trabalhadores da instituição: Time de Resposta Rápida em Saúde Mental (TRRSM). O TRRSM foi elaborado em consonância com os achados na literatura sobre intervenções em saúde mental em contextos pandêmicos e eventos com elevado potencial de trauma comunitário. Essa medida visa monitorar ativamente as manifestações psíquicas dos trabalhadores durante a pandemia do novo coronavírus, através da identificação e o pronto atendimento aos grupos de alto risco para o desenvolvimento de sofrimento psíquico. Considera-se ainda que a monitorização do sofrimento psíquico deve se estender além do período de maior incidência de casos, visto que uma segunda onda de manifestações tardias, que surgem após a resolução do fator estressor, é esperada, devendo ser prontamente abordada. (AU)
New mental health demands result from the context of a pandemic and have led the Mental Health Program team of an university hospital to develop a mental health care protocol for the institution's workers: the Mental Health Rapid Response Team (MHRRT). The MHRRT was developed according to the literature on mental health interventions in pandemic contexts and events with a high potential for community trauma. This measure aims to actively monitor the psychic manifestations of health care workers during the new coronavirus pandemic through identification and prompt assistance to groups at high risk for experiencing psychological distress. Also, monitoring of psychological distress should extend beyond the period of highest incidence of cases, since a second wave of late mental manifestations, which arise after resolution of the stressor, is expected and should be promptly addressed. (AU)
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Humans , Clinical Protocols , Mental Health , Health Personnel , Occupational Health Services/methods , Coronavirus Infections , PandemicsABSTRACT
Background Medical training is a stressing situation, making medical students vulnerable to psychiatric disorders, such as depression and anxiety. Objective The study aimed to assess the prevalence of stress and coping in students of a public medical school in Brazil, comparing the groups from the first and sixth years of training. Methods Through a cross-sectional, observational study, a sample of 232 first and sixth-year regularly registered medical students has been evaluated. Students filled a socio-demographic questionnaire, the Lipp Inventory of Stress Symptoms (ISSL), and the Coping Strategies Inventory (CSI). Results From the total sample of 232 students, 110 were first-year students and 122 sixth-year students. Stress symptoms were significantly higher in first-year students (49.1%) than in the sixth-year group (33.6%; p = 0.018). Variables significantly associated with stress were: year of the training (1st year > 6th year), income (lower > higher income), satisfaction with the training (dissatisfied > satisfied) and the use of escape/avoidance copying strategy (positive association). Discussion Considering the higher stress symptoms among first-year medical students and the positive association of the escape/avoidance copying strategy with stress, strategies must be developed to enable students starting medical school to be better at coping with this stressful situations.