Looking on university of mental disorder

• Main Authors: Ivanir Prá da Silva Thomé, Sonia Maria Correa, Izabel Scarabelot Medeiros, Shirley Soares Peters
• Format: Article
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia 2012-01-01
• Series: Revista Saúde.com
• Subjects: Mental Disorders; Public Opinion; Students.
• Online Access: http://www.uesb.br/revista/rsc/v8/v8n1a01.pdf

The study aims to identify the views of graduation students at the University in relation to the disorder and to the mental disorder patients. The research is descriptive and quantitative held in a University of Southern Santa Catarina between September and November 2009. In order to reach the goal, a structured questionnaire with closed questions was developed as an instrument, which was applied to those who freely and with acknowledgement agreed and signed a consent term. The sample consisted of 353 students, divided in bachelor graduation courses, and their respective phases, with an average of two (2) students per phase of the course. The organization of the data was made from the condensation into an Excel spreadsheet with later presentation graphics. There were different opinions, highlighting students with inclusive vision of people with mental disorder, when 208 (59%) say that the people with TM (Mental Disorder)* are not always aggressive and that they have the right to work. However, there is a percentage of 7% (24) with the opinion of social exclusion, believing that the place of the mentally ill people is the psychiatric hospital and 190 students (54%) believe that the person with TM (Mental Disorder) can be dangerous, depending on the disorder they have. It can be concluded that there is significant relationship between the academic background and their perception of mental disorder.