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Item Aspectos psicopatológicos na hanseníase e nas reações hansênicas(Universidade Federal de Goiás, 2006-03-31) JUNQUEIRA, Alessandra Vidal e; NETTO, Joaquim Caetano de Almeida; http://lattes.cnpq.br/3444498706763045; CAIXETA, Leonardo Ferreira; http://lattes.cnpq.br/9536747113677509Hansen s disease (leprosy) is an endemic infectious disease in underdeveloped countries Disease s burden and reaction episodes can lead to anxious and depressive symptoms relatively frequent although poorly explored in leprosy To 90 patients presenting leprosy and 30 without the disease, but under the same environmental stress conditions in Goiânia-GO Brazil were applied the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D) Patients with leprosy were distributed in three groups of 30: group 1 without reactions; group 2: outpatients with reactions; group 3: inpatients with reactions The group 4 was composed by individuals without the disease Higher scores were found in leprosy patients than in the group without the disease with statistically significant differences specially between groups 3 and 4 Leprosy patients without reactions had lower scores (60%) Depressive symptoms were more common in reactions 83.3% in outpatients and 96.7% in medical inpatients The most symptoms found were anxiety depression lack of labor capacity and insomnia We concluded that anxious and depressive symptoms were more frequent in leprosy patients mainly in those with severe reactionsItem Prevalência e estudo neuropsicológico de transtornos cognitivos e demências decorrentes de neuroinfecções em hospital de referência(Universidade Federal de Goiás, 2010-03-27) REIMER, Cláudio Henrique Ribeiro; CAIXETA, Leonardo Ferreira; http://lattes.cnpq.br/9536747113677509Several infectious and parasitic diseases have been described as possible causes of cognitive loss, especially the neuroinfections that the location in the CNS, may evolve into frank dementia table (although subject to reversal). The vast possibilities as a result has large etiological heterogeneity of neuropsychiatric symptoms, which may hinder the clinical evaluation, but if using neuropsychological testing, it increases the chances of detection of cognitive and behavioral symptoms and therefore the diagnostic accuracy. The objective of the study is to estimate the prevalence of dementia and cognitive changes in neuroinfections, and characterize the co-morbid psychiatric symptoms. The sample comprised 60 patients with infection of the CNS in order to identify possible changes in performance in Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and a questionnaire on activities of daily living for Pfeffer, and conduct behavioral assessment by questionnaire BEHAV - AD. By applying the MMSE and the Pfeffer questionnaire found that 20 patients (33.3% of the sample) had cognitive disorders without dementia and 23 patients were diagnosed as dementia, which is the framework neuropsychological most prevalent (38.3% of patients). If we include patients with cognitive disorders without dementia and those with dementia in one group, we obtain a total of 71.7% of the sample studied. In the psychiatric aspect, are part of apathy in 30% of cases and irritability in 43.4% of patients. Through this study, high prevalence of cognitive disorders (including dementia) between the tables of neuroinfecções, and psychiatric symptoms associated with rich, demonstrating the need for investigation of cognitive and behavioral aspects in patients with infections of the CNS.