Renata Cruz Soares de Azevedo Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Emergency psychiatric services; ,Emergency medical services; ,Substance Abuse and Psychiatric Disorders,Follow-up studies
Psychiatrist, Professor of the Department of Medical Psychology and Psychiatry, Faculty of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas, Campinas, S
Renata Cruz Soares de Azevedo is currently working in Psychiatrist, Professor of the Department of Medical Psychology and Psychiatry, Faculty of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil also interested in different medical diseases and terminologies and also have keen interest in their treatment.
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Author(s): Vitoria Mantoan Padilha and Renata Cruz Soares de Azevedo
This prospective, descriptive and quantitative study detected patients with psychoactive substance use disorders treated at the Referenced Psychiatric Emergency Unit from May 2010 to May 2011. These patients were invited to attend the Intervention Group (IG) – a psychiatric medical assessment occurred in up to seven days after the emergency visit whose purpose was to increase motivation and facilitate access to treatment in the health care network in the region - and conducted follow-up evaluating reduction in psychoactive substances consumption and treatmentseeking after 30 and 90 days by comparing patients that attended in IG with those who did not, the Control Group (CG). Th... view more»