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      Academic performance of students who underwent psychiatric treatment at the students’ mental health service of a Brazilian university : Desempenho acadêmico de alunos que se submeteram a tratamento psiquiátrico no serviço de saúde mental para estudantes de uma universidade brasileira

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          CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE:

          University students are generally at the typical age of onset of mental disorders that may affect their academic performance. We aimed to characterize the university students attended by psychiatrists at the students’ mental health service (SAPPE) and to compare their academic performance with that of non-patient students.

          DESIGN AND SETTING:

          Cross-sectional study based on review of medical files and survey of academic data at a Brazilian public university.

          METHODS:

          Files of 1,237 students attended by psychiatrists at SAPPE from 2004 to 2011 were reviewed. Their academic performance coefficient (APC) and status as of July 2015 were compared to those of a control group of 2,579 non-patient students matched by gender, course and year of enrolment.

          RESULTS:

          37% of the patients had had psychiatric treatment and 4.5% had made suicide attempts before being attended at SAPPE. Depression (39.1%) and anxiety disorders/phobias (33.2%) were the most frequent diagnoses. Severe mental disorders such as psychotic disorders (3.7%) and bipolar disorder (1.9%) were less frequent. Compared with non-patients, the mean APC among the undergraduate patients was slightly lower (0.63; standard deviation, SD: 0.26; versus 0.64; SD: 0.28; P = 0.025), but their course completion rates were higher and course abandonment rates were lower. Regarding postgraduate students, patients and non-patients had similar completion rates, but patients had greater incidence of discharge for poor performance and lower dropout rates.

          CONCLUSION:

          Despite the inclusion of socially vulnerable people with severe mental disorders, the group of patients had similar academic performance, and in some aspects better, than, that of non-patients.

          RESUMO

          CONTEXTO E OBJETIVO:

          Estudantes universitários geralmente estão na faixa etária típica do início de transtornos mentais que podem afetar seu desempenho acadêmico. Tivemos como objetivos caracterizar os estudantes atendidos por psiquiatras em serviço universitário de saúde mental para alunos (SAPPE) e comparar seu desempenho acadêmico com o de alunos não pacientes.

          DESENHO E LOCAL:

          Estudo transversal baseado em revisão de prontuários e levantamento de dados acadêmicos em uma universidade pública brasileira.

          MÉTODOS:

          Prontuários de 1.237 estudantes assistidos por psiquiatras do SAPPE entre 2004 e 2011 foram revisados. Seu coeficiente de rendimento (CR) e status acadêmicos em julho de 2015 foram levantados e comparados aos de um grupo de controle com 2.579 alunos não pacientes, pareados por sexo, curso e ano de matrícula.

          RESULTADOS:

          37% dos pacientes tiveram acompanhamento psiquiátrico e 4,5% fizeram tentativas de suicídio prévios ao atendimento pelo serviço. Os diagnósticos mais frequentes foram depressão (39,1%) e transtornos fóbico-ansiosos (33,2%). Transtornos mentais graves, como o psicótico (3,7%) e o bipolar (1,9%), foram menos frequentes. Entre os pacientes dos cursos de graduação, o CR médio foi levemente inferior (0,63; desvio padrão, DP: 0,26; versus 0,64; DP: 0,28; P = 0,025) que o de não pacientes, mas suas taxas de conclusão do curso foram maiores e as de evasão, menores. Na pós-graduação, as taxas de conclusão foram semelhantes, mas pacientes tiveram maior frequência de desligamento por baixo desempenho acadêmico e menor de desistência.

          CONCLUSÃO:

          Mesmo incluindo pessoas socialmente vulneráveis e com transtornos mentais graves, o grupo de pacientes teve desempenho acadêmico semelhante e, em alguns aspectos melhor, do que o de não pacientes.

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                Journal
                Sao Paulo Med J
                Sao Paulo Med J
                Sao Paulo Med J
                São Paulo Medical Journal
                Associação Paulista de Medicina - APM
                1516-3180
                1806-9460
                05 January 2017
                2017
                : 135
                : 1
                : 23-28
                Affiliations
                [I ] originalMD. Psychiatrist, Master’s Degree Student, Students’ Psychiatric and Psychological Service, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Universidade Estadual de Campinas (FCM-Unicamp), Campinas (SP), Brazil.
                [II ] originalMSc. Psychologist, Students’ Psychiatric and Psychological Service, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Universidade Estadual de Campinas (FCM-Unicamp), Campinas (SP), Brazil.
                [III ] originalMD, PhD. Psychiatrist, Students’ Psychiatric and Psychological Service, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Universidade Estadual de Campinas (FCM-Unicamp), Campinas (SP), Brazil.
                [IV ] originalMD, PhD. Psychiatrist and Professor, Department of Medical Psychology and Psychiatry, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Universidade Estadual de Campinas (FCM-Unicamp), Campinas (SP), Brazil.
                Author notes
                Address for correspondence: Cláudia Ribeiro Franulovic Campos. Serviço de Assistência Psicológica e Psiquiátrica ao Estudante (SAPPE), Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Universidade Estadual de Campinas (FCM-Unicamp). Rua Sérgio Buarque de Holanda, 251 - 1 o andar, Campinas (SP) - Brasil. CEP 13081-970. Tel. (+55 19) 3521-6644. E-mail: claudiaribeirofc@ 123456gmail.com

                Conflict of interest: None

                Article
                10.1590/1516-3180.2016.017210092016
                9969722
                28380173
                6fcdd5c7-3f84-4cb7-b3e9-5bf00ee49b49
                © 2022 by Associação Paulista de Medicina

                This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons license.

                History
                : 23 August 2016
                : 10 September 2016
                Page count
                Figures: 3, Tables: 0, Equations: 0, References: 19, Pages: 06
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