Nursing professionals working in Emergency Care suffer from the physical symptoms of stress in their everyday activity. The objective of this study was to characterize these symptoms using the Occupational Stress Indicator, a semi-structured instrument. To do this, the authors created open questions that were applied in interviews that were recorded and analyzed. The researchers listed the following physical symptoms: headache, a sensation of fatigue, leg pain, and tachycardia. According to reports form the workers, pain always resulted from emotional stress or appeared after providing emergency care, which suggests the workers find it very difficult to differentiate physical from mental stress. The investigation found that there is a need for measures to follow workers in their working activity. A manual was created, containing basic suggestions to improve the quality of life of the health team.

Objectives: To identify the user profile in the Outpatient Mental Health and Psychosocial Care Center of Lorena -São Paulo. Methods: A descriptive exploratory study with data collected from medical records of 5,830 users of both services for mental health. Results: We analyzed 5,490 outpatient medical records, and 340 from the Psychosocial Care Center. In the outpatient clinic, 68% of users were women and in the Psychosocial Care Center, 61% were men. Prevalent diagnoses in the outpatient clinic were: neurotic disorders, stress-related and somatoform disorders; in the Psychosocial Care Center, they were disorders arising from the use of psychoactive substances. The medications most commonly prescribed in the clinic were antidepressants, and in the Psychosocial Care Center, antipsychotics. Conclusion: It was noted that mental health services are delivered in a manner that is disjointed from primary care, and it is necessary to implement a support matrix in this city.

420Rev Bras Enferm, Brasília 2013 mai-jun; 66(3): 420-8. REVISãOEfetividade da intervenção breve para o uso abusivo de álcool na atenção primária: revisão sistemática RESUMO A pesquisa identifi cou estudos clínicos acerca das intervenções breves para o uso abusivo de álcool e analisou a efi cácia dos aconselhamentos para os consumidores. Estudo bibliográfi co sistemático que utilizou artigos publicados no período de 1997 a 2010. Os achados mostraram que a estratégia de intervenção breve é efetiva na redução da frequência e quantidade de álcool, com melhores resultados quando aplicada na atenção primária. Todos os profi ssionais da área da saúde obtêm bons resultados com o manejo dessa terapia. Não foi possível defi nir se a estratégia é mais efi caz se aplicada em bebedores de uso nocivo ou em crônicos, uma vez que a intervenção depende da mobilização de recursos motivacionais do paciente e de mudanças de atitude relacionadas ao consumo de álcool. Descritores: Álcool; Intervenção Breve; Atenção Primária; Tratamento, Efetividade. ABTRACTThe research identifi ed clinical studies on the brief interventions for the abusive use of alcohol and analyzed the effectiveness of professional advises proposed to alcohol consumers. The systematic bibliographical study was based on articles published during the period of 1997 to 2010. Brief intervention strategy is effective in the reduction on the frequency and amount of alcohol use, with better results when the strategy is applied to the primary attention situations. All professionals obtained good results using this therapy. It was not possible to determine if the strategy is most effective when applied to harmful drinkers or to chronic drinkers, since the intervention also depends on the patient's availability of motivational resources and on changes in attitude regarding the abusive use of alcohol. Key words: Alcohol; Brief Intervention; Basic Attention; Treatment; Effectiveness. RESUMENLa encuesta identifi có estudios clínicos sobre intervenciones breves para el abuso de alcohol y analizado la efi cacia de la orientación a los consumidores. Estudio sistemático utilizó la literatura publicada entre 1997 y 2010. Resultados mostraron que la estrategia de intervención breve es efectiva en la reducción de la frecuencia y la cantidad de alcohol, con mejores resultados cuando se utilizan para primaria. Todas atenciones en el área de la salud han tenido buenos resultados con la gestión de esta terapia. No se puede establecer la estrategia es más efi caz si se aplica en los bebedores de abuso de alcohol o crónica, ya que la intervención depende de la movilización de los cambios motivacionales y actitudinales del paciente relacionados con el consumo de alcohol.

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