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CONSUMO DE PSICOFÁRMACOS ENTRE ALUNOS DE MEDICINA DO PRIMEIRO E SEXTO ANO DE UMA UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DE SÃO PAULO

2018; UNIVERSIDADE DO OESTE PAULISTA; Volume: 10; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5747/cv.2018.v10.n1.v216

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Ilanna Sobral de Luna, Angélica Augusta Grigoli Dominato, Flávia Jeane Ferrari, Airan Lobo da Costa, Andressa Christhinie Pires, Gerson da Silva Ximendes,

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The objective of the study was to evaluate the difference in psychoactive drug use among students of the first and sixth year of the medical course of a university in the interior of São Paulo, identifying the biopsychosocial factors associated with the use, including precipitating factors and the science of the risks of dependency.It is a cross-sectional quantitative study with the application of a questionnaire.Of the firstyear interviewees, 23% (n=23) reported using some form of psychotropic medication during the data collection period.While the sixth years interviewed, 50% (n=50) reported using psychotropic drugs at the time the data were collected.It has been shown that medical students in recent years use more psychoactive drugs than the students who started admission, showing the influence of the course on medicalization.