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Objectives: To characterize the active population attending community psychiatric clinic at Centro Hospitalar de Su00e3o Jou00e3o regarding their demographic and clinical profile, and service use variables (e.g., number of hospitalizations).Background: The community approach to mental health treatment is usually based on recovery, assertive treatment in the community, and promoting patientsu2019 autonomy and social integration. The Community Psychiatry Unit of Centro Hospitalar de Su00e3o Jou00e3o (Portugal) follows this approach in order to minimize rehospitalizations and institutionalization.Materials and Methods: A questionnaire was administered to 311 outpatients over a 12 month period (January to December 2017).Results and Conclusions: Of the 311 participants, 56% were men and 54% were diagnosed with schizophrenia. The mean age was 49.79 (SD=11.77). Most patients were single (65%), did not live alone (81%), and were not professionally active (83%). Long-acting injection antipsychotic was prescribed to 51% participants, of which typical antipsychotics (mainly Haloperidol) were prescribed to 69% participants and atypical antipsychotics (mainly Risperidone and Paliperidone) were prescribed to 31% participants. The most common comorbidities were dyslipidemia (19%), arterial hypertension (17%), and obesity (16%). The majority of the sample (88%) has not been hospitalized in the last 12 months and 47% patients have not been hospitalized in the last 10 years. In conclusion, this study allowed a demographic and clinical assessment of outpatients attending a community psychiatric clinic, which can contribute to a deeper understanding of patientsu2019 needs and to improve community-based interventions in the future.

Early school leaving continues to be an issue that garners much attention from administrators, educators, and academics. In this study I review the existing literature on risk factors relating to early school leaving while examining the role of social context on educational aspirations and expectations. Research findings (Alberta Learning, 2001; Ferguson, Tilleczek, Boydell, & Rummens, 2005; Satchwell, 2004) show that early school leaving is a long process of disengagement that arises from multiple factors associated with experiences both inside and outside of school. In this study I carry out a qualitative analysis of both school and non-school related risk factors deemed to be significant to the early leaving of four young Portuguese-Canadian men. Their stories attest to the complexity of the phenomenon as they affirm the impact of both school and non-school related factors on early school leaving such as irrelevant curriculum, learning community, socio-economic status, and social context. In recounting their stories, and analyzing them through Bourdieu and Passeron's (1979) understanding of "cultural capital" and "habitus," I provide insights in this study into how administrators, educators and policymakers, alike may make learning more meaningful and authentic in order to curb early school leaving.

O livro “Desafios e perspetivas na intervenção psicossocial” procurou abrir um espaço de reflexão sobre os desafios, possibilidades e limites do agir e da prática profissional perante contextos, problemáticas e públicos amplos e diversos que caraterizam o campo social, a partir da perspetiva e contributos de vários profissionais, investigadores e académicos, com especial protagonismo da área do serviço social.

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