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Abstract
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OBJECTIVE: to analyze the consultations of the psychiatric nature, carried out by the pre-hospital emergency mobile service.
METHOD: a retrospective study with the analysis of records of psychiatric consultations performed by the Mobile Emergency Care Service of a Brazilian Northeast capital in 2014.
RESULTS: 38,317 consultations were performed by the Mobile Emergency Care Service, of which 1,088 (2.8%) were psychiatric. Most of the sample consisted of male users (64.8%), aged between 20 and 59 years old (81.4%), with an average age of 35 years old. There was a predominance of agitation and/or aggression (65.7%) and 8.0% of the users were suspected of using alcoholic beverages. The Basic Support Units were accessed in 96.8% of the occurrences and 91.6% of the users were referred to the psychiatric hospital. The suicide attempts and ideations are highlighted in 7.6% of the cases, with a majority of females (54.9%). A significant association was observed between the time of care and the variables: care reason (p=0.003), performance of procedures (p=0.000) and medication use (p=0.000).
CONCLUSION: the study showed a high number of psychiatric consultations performed by the Mobile Emergency Care Service, evidencing its importance as one of the components of the Psychosocial Care Network. However, the fate of the users is still the psychiatric hospital. © 2018 Texto Contexto Enferm. All rights reserved.
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