Ninth International Conference on Health, Wellness & Society

Abstract

It is known that cultural and social issues play an important role in mental disorders. In the case of university students, there is a growing interest and concern for the mental health of these individuals. The state university of Campinas (Unicamp) is a public institution, with approximately 37,494 students (19,869 undergraduate and 17,625 graduate). Unicamp was considered, in 2017 and 2018, the best university in Latin America, according to the Times Higher Education. Unicamp has a specialized mental health service for students, the psychological and psychiatric student support service (SAPPE). In this study, it was chosen to collect data covering the period from 01/01/2016 to 12/31/2017. Objectives: to describe and analyze the demands and profiles of undergraduate students at unicamp attended by SAPPE. Subjects and methodology: collecting data from the initial assessment records contained in the medical charts of undergraduate students, carried out by SAPPE psychologists between 2016 and 2017. The requirements of the research ethics committee of the University of medical records research where retrospectively respected. Data were analyzed using the computer program SAS (statistical analysis system) for Windows version 9.2. Results and conclusions: a higher percentage of women were attended in all of the campuses served by SAPPE and the most represented area was humanities and arts. At the Campinas campus, the main complaints observed were affective-emotional, followed by academic, family and psychosomatic. Data related to violence against oneself were also quite relevant.