Common mental disorders and resilience in homeless persons

• Published in: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem Vol. 72; no. 6; pp. 1526 - 1533
• Main Authors: Patrício, Anna Cláudia Freire de Araújo, Silva, Richardson Augusto Rosendo da, Araújo, Rossini Freire de, Silva, Rôseane Ferreira da, Nascimento, Géssica Thais de Sousa, Rodrigues, Thays Domingos de Brito, Leite, Maria Amanda Pereira
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Brazil Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem 2019
• Subjects: Adult; Age; Age Factors; Alcohol use; Anxiety; Brazil - epidemiology; Caribbean literature; Chi-Square Distribution; Confidence Intervals; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Gender; Health Surveys; Homeless people; Homeless Persons; Homeless Persons - psychology; Homeless Persons - statistics & numerical data; Humans; Male; Mental Disorders; Mental Disorders - epidemiology; Mental Disorders - psychology; Mental Health; Nursing; Psychiatric-mental health nursing; Quality of life; Resilience, Psychological; Risk factors; Sex Factors; Sleep deprivation; Statistics, Nonparametric; Violence; Brazil
• ISSN: 0034-7167; 1984-0446
• DOI: 10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0541

To identify common mental disorders and resilience in homeless persons.
Cross-sectional study with 49 homeless persons, assisted in the Casa da Acolhida Adulta and the Specialized Reference Center in a municipality in the Northeast of Brazil. Data collection performed between February and March 2018, using SRQ20 scales for common mental disorders and another for Resilience. Kruskal Wallis test, Student's T-test and Chi-Square test were used.
In the study, 61.2% (30) participants have poor sleep; 69.4% (34) feel nervous, tense or worried; 71.4% (35) feel unhappy; 63.3% are unable to play a useful role in their lives; 71.4% (35) have common mental disorders, and 44.9% (22) presented low resilience. Resilience influences common mental disorders, which, in turn, are influenced by gender and age.
Professionals who assist homeless persons need to have a look directed at common mental disorders and resilience.