Escuta do Sofrimento Mental Estudantil: Relato de Experiência do Atendimento Psicológico aos Estudantes da UFRJ / Listening to Student Mental Suffering: Experience Report of Psychological Care to UFRJ Students / Escuchando el sufrimiento Mental de los Estudiantes: Experiencia Informe de Atención Psicológica de la UFRJ

Relato de experiência acadêmica de três estagiários de graduação em Psicologia da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) no atendimento psicológico para estudantes da universidade. O objetivo é destacar as principais questões de sofrimento psíquico relatadas pelos estudantes atendidos e elucidar a importância da escuta clínica no campo acadêmico. Analisaram-se os aspectos recorrentes emergidos durante os atendimentos e presentes na discussão dos casos durante as supervisões com a professora orientadora. Do total de 24 estudantes atendidos, as principais queixas sintomatológicas dos participantes foram crises de ansiedade, sintomas de depressão e de ideação suicida. Buscou-se realizar um paralelo entre as dificuldades acadêmicas e emocionais com a implicação subjetiva dos estudantes na instituição UFRJ. Além disso, a questão do suicídio também foi destacada como o maior desafio clínico pelos estagiários nos atendimentos. Ao final verificou-se a importância do atendimento psicológico para os estudantes dentro do espaço acadêmico, pois esse lugar também de escuta é uma forma de acolhimento integral do estudante.

Report of academic experience from a team of graduate students in Psychology at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) providing psychological assistance to other students at this university. The objective is to highlight the main issues of psychological suffering reported by the students assisted and to elucidate the importance of clinical listening in the academic field. The recurrent aspects that emerged during the consultations and were present in the discussion of cases during the supervisions with the mentor teacher were analysed. Of the total of 24 students attended, the main symptomatological complaints of the participants were anxiety crises, symptoms of depression and suicidal ideation. We sought to make a parallel between academic and emotional difficulties, and the subjective implication of UFRJ students. In addition, the issue of suicide was also highlighted as the greatest clinical challenge by trainees in care. It was found that psychological assistance for students within the academic space is of huge importance, for the provision of a careful listening is also a kind of integral reception.

Informe de experiencia académica de tres pasantes de licenciatura en Psicología en la Universidad Federal de Río de Janeiro (UFRJ) en atención psicológica a estudiantes universitarios. El objetivo es resaltar los principales problemas del sufrimiento psicológico reportados por los estudiantes atendidos y dilucidar la importancia de la escucha clínica en el ámbito académico. Se analizaron aspectos recurrentes que surgieron durante las consultas y presentes en las discusiones de casos durante las supervisiones con el profesor guía. Del total de 24 estudiantes atendidos, las principales quejas sintomáticas de los participantes fueron crisis de ansiedad, síntomas de depresión e ideación suicida. Se buscó establecer un paralelismo entre las dificultades académicas y emocionales con la participación subjetiva de los estudiantes en UFRJ. Además, también se destacó el tema del suicidio como el mayor desafío clínico al que se enfrentan los internos en las consultas. En conclusión, se verificó la importancia del cuidado psicológico para los estudiantes dentro del espacio académico, ya que este lugar de escucha es también una forma de acogida integral para el estudiante.

Chemical control of dieback and mango malformation in a semiarid region

The São Francisco Sub medium Valley is a great mango exporter in Brazil. In this semiarid region, diseases such as dieback and mango malformation have reduced the production of this crop. In this work the effectiveness of different active ingredients (flutriafol, methyl-thiophanate, copper hydroxide and fluxapyroxad mixed with pyraclostrobin) was assessed for the control of these diseases in a mango orchard. Monthly assessments of disease incidence were carried out. There was a difference among treatments for the two diseases studied, with flutriafol as the most effective fungicide against dieback and, for the malformation, the mixture of fluxapyroxad and pyraclostrobin and methyl-thiophanate showed the best results.

Correlations Between Dark-Adapted Rod Threshold Elevations and ERG Response Deficits in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to characterize changes in the full-field flash electroretinogram (ERG) in association with psychophysical dark-adapted visual thresholds in patients with genetically characterized Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) either lacking Dp427 (Up 30) or at least Dp260 in addition to Dp427 (Down 30). Methods: Twenty-one patients with DMD and 27 age-similar controls participated in this study. Dark-adapted (0.01, 3.0, and 10 cd.s/m² flashes) and light-adapted (3.0 cd.s/m² flash) ERGs were recorded following International Society for Clinical Electrophysiology of Vision (ISCEV) standard protocols. Visual detection thresholds to 625-nm (cone function) and 527-nm (rod function) light-emitting diode (LED) flashes (2 degree diameter) were measured during a dark adaptation period after a 1-minute exposure to a bleaching light (3000 cd/m²). Initially, 8 minutes of interleaved 625-nm and 527-nm thresholds were measured. After an additional 5 minutes of dark-adaptation, a second set of threshold measurements to 527-nm stimuli was performed during the subsequent 6 minutes. Results: Dark-adapted b-wave amplitude was significantly reduced to all strengths of flash and a-wave in response to the strong flash stimulus was delayed (15.6 vs. 14.7 ms, P < 0.05) in patients with Down 30 compared with controls. Dark-adapted cone thresholds did not differ among the groups (-2.0, -1.8, and -1.7 log cd/m² for Down 30, Up 30, and controls, respectively, P = 0.21). In contrast, dark-adapted rod thresholds were elevated (F(2,36) = 8.537, P = 0.001) in patients with Down 30 (mean = -3.2 ± 1.1 log cd/m²) relative to controls (mean = -4.2 ± 0.3 log cd/m²). Dark-adapted b-wave amplitudes were correlated with dark-adapted rod sensitivity in patients with DMD (Spearman Rho = 0.943, P = 0.005). The changes were much smaller or absent in patients with intact Dp260. Conclusions: Dp260 is particularly required for normal rod-system function in dark adaptation.

Longitudinal visual acuity development in ZIKV-exposed children.

PURPOSE: To follow the visual acuity development of children exposed to or infected with the Zika virus (ZIKV) during gestation and to relate potential visual acuity deficits to their clinical condition. METHODS: In this prospective study, visual acuity was measured via Teller Acuity Cards in three groups of children: (1) those with confirmed ZIKV exposure (ZE) through the mother only, (2) those with confirmed infection (ZI), and (3) unaffected controls. Visual acuity was measured 2-4 times in each child during the first 30 months of age. RESULTS: The study included 22 children in the ZE group, 11 in the ZI group, and 27 controls. Visual acuity developed normally in both patient groups, including infected patients (ZI) that did not manifest clinical symptoms. In a small subgroup of patients with characteristics consistent with congenital Zika syndrome (CZS), visual acuity was within normative values, with the exception of single child with chorioretinal atrophy. CONCLUSIONS: In this southeastern Brazil study cohort, visual acuity development seemed to progress normally in infected children without CZS symptoms.