2016-06-302015-12-19COUTO, F. R. Uso de psicotrópicos em policiais militares. 2015. 53 f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Ciências da Saúde) - Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, 2015.http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/tede/handle/tede/5701INTRODUCTION: Being a military police is stressful. The responsibility for providing security to society brings a health hazard, threats to his / her health and safety. The fear of not coming back home alive or even hurt can lead to anxiety and stress. The search for immediate relief increases the use of psychotropic drugs by the military police. Studies published until now that approached this theme showed methodological limitations. AIMS: To evaluate the use of psychotropic drugs of list B1 (Clonazepam, Bromazepam and Alprazolam) by military police of Goiás State, to identify the group age and gender that used it most, to quantify the time of military police service that they used the psychotropic and to evaluate the proportion of this use according to the military personnel (soldiers and officers). METHODS: A review article was written based on data published between 1990 and 2013 in PubMed and SciElo. Thereafter, and observational, descriptive and retrospective study was done. One hundred military police from Hospital of Military Police in Goiânia city were evaluated by collecting the data presented in medical prescriptions and corporate pharmacy database using a form specially designed for this. INCLUSION CRITERIA: All the controlled B1 prescriptions in 2011. EXCLUSION CRITERIA: Illegible prescriptions, other controlled prescriptions like C1 and patients that are dependent of military police. RESULTS: The frequency of use was divided according to: 1) Genre: men (68%), women (32%); 2) Age: 18 to 35 years old (4%); 36 to 50 years old (52%); 51 to 70 years old (12%); >71 years old (3%); uninformed (29%); 3) Psychotropics: Alprazolam (14%), Bromazepam (13%), Clobazam (1%), Clonazepam (53%), Cloxazolam (7%), Diazepam (1%), Flurazepam (1%), Midazolam (2%), Nitrazepam (7%);4) Trimester: Jan/Mar (22%), Apr/June (39%), July/Sept (31%), Oct/Dec (7%); 5) Service time:<5 years old (2%), 6 to 10 years old (5%), 11 to 20 years old (12%), 21 to 30 years old (48%); 6) Military rank: soldier (63%), officers (11%), pensionary (2%), uninformed (24%). CONCLUSION: The profile of the military police user of psychotropic drugs was female sex with an average age of 47. The most common psychotropic drug was Clonazepam. The service time when they most use the drugs was the one comprehended between 21 and 30 years of activity in the military force. From the Military Police personnel, there was no difference in relation to military officers.application/pdfAcesso AbertoBenzodiazepínicosPsicotrópicosDrogas de abusoBrasilBenzodiazepinesPsychotropic drugsDrug abuseBrazilMEDICINA::ANATOMIA PATOLOGICA E PATOLOGIA CLINICADissertação