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- Causes of Death in an Acute Psychiatric Inpatient Unit of a Portuguese General HospitalPublication . Barbosa, S; Sequeira, M; Castro, S; Manso, RT; Klut, C; Trancas, B; Santos, NB; Maia, TINTRODUCTION: Psychiatric patients are at increased risk of death from a number of natural and unnatural causes. This study examines the mortality causes of all psychiatric inpatients of an acute psychiatric unit at a general hospital in Portugal for sixteen years (1998 to 2013). MATERIAL AND METHODS: Twenty-one inpatients died at the inpatient unit between 1998 and 2013 (average 1.3 per year). A retrospective study through case-file review was carried to collect demographic characteristics, medical and psychiatry diagnosis. Patients transferred to other wards during their admission were not included. RESULTS: Circulatory system diseases were the most prevalent causes of death, occurring in 2/3 of patients and include pulmonary embolism (n = 6), acute stroke (n = 3), cardiac arrhythmia (n = 2), acute myocardial infarction (n = 1), abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture (n = 1) and heart failure (n = 1). Two patients died with pneumonia and in four cases the cause of death was undetermined. Only one case of suicide was registered. DISCUSSION: Circulatory conditions were the most frequent causes of death in our inpatient unit. Albeit a relatively rare event, inpatient suicide does occur and, in addition to its complex consequences on staff, family and patients should remain a focus for continued prevention. CONCLUSION: Mortality studies are important for determining quality of health care and to create recommendations for preventive measures.
- Cinema, aesthetics and narrative: Cinema as therapy in substance use disordersPublication . Correia, AF; Barbosa, SThe use of cinema as a mediator in therapeutic settings has been considered advantageous; however, few works have been published regarding this subject (Dermer & Hutchings, 2000; Egeci & Gencoz, 2017; Hesley & Hesley, 1998; Poltrum, 2009; Schulenberg, 2003; Wolz, 2005). The aim of this work was to explore the therapeutic potential of cinema, especially when applied to the treatment of substance use disorders, and to study the hypothesis that the narrative and aesthetic dimensions of cinema are primordial to its therapeutic properties. The authors first describe their clinical experience with a therapeutic activity specifically conceived to use cinema and its narrative and aesthetic dimensions in a therapeutic way, and then explore the proposed hypothesis by analysing and discussing its results. The authors found that cinema appears as a language of possibilities in the psychotherapeutic setting: not only the movies appeal to the patients' inner world and to the reflection on their previous life experiences, but also provide a safe and creative space for change. Also, movies take the patients to talk and elaborate on their thoughts, feelings and life stories, allowing a different look at the future, acting as inductors of hope. This work may be seen as an innovative contribution to further discussion about the clinical benefits of cinematographic art as a therapeutic mediator.
- Disfunção cognitiva associada ao tratamento oncológicoPublication . Barbosa, S; Graça, J; Tomé, C; Luis, A; Maia, T
- Electroconvulsivoterapia: mitos e evidências: a experiência do HFFPublication . Castro, S; Barbosa, S; Sequeira, M