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Psychologia. Avances de la Disciplina
versão On-line ISSN 1900-2386
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MORENO MENDEZ, Jaime Humberto; ROZO SANCHEZ, María Margarita; CANTOR NIETO, Martha Isabel e TORO TOBAR, Ronald Alberto. Psychosocial characteristics of the population of assistant to the psychological services unit of the Catholic University of Colombia during the years 2007 and 2008. Psychol. av. discip. [online]. 2012, vol.6, n.1, pp.21-33. ISSN 1900-2386.
The purpose of the current research was to describe and associate the psychosocial characteristics of users attended at Psychological Services Unit (PSU) of the Catolica University of Colombia during the years 2007 and 2008. There was made a study of an empirical-analytic with a descriptive design and a method by association. The unit of analysis consisted of 621 patient's clinical histories of the PSU. The results showed that approximately the half of the users who attended at the Unit corresponded to ages between 5 and 14 years, the social level that more consulted was 3, the locality with major demand for the service were Kennedy, Engativa and Suba, and are characterized to belong mainly to two-parent families. Regarding to diagnoses, it found that the most common problems in the population were behavior, depression, personality disorders, parent-child problems, anxiety and learning problems.
Palavras-chave : health; mental health; health psychology; social psychological characteristics.