Implementação de terapia assistida por cães no centro de atenção psicossocial de saúde mental de Uruguaiana

Abstract

Animal Assisted Therapy (TAA) is applied worldwide and is considered beneficial to the health of users. The purpose of the Residency Completion Work (TCR) is to carry out a bibliographic review on the subject and to elaborate a TAA project for the municipality of Uruguaiana, targeting children and adolescents who are already users of conventional Unified Health System SUS). Data were collected regarding the diagnosis of psychosocial diseases of children aged ten to eighteen, and classified according to gender and place of residence, through consultation with the archive of the Center for Psychosocial Care Two (CAPS II). With the result that there are several psychosocial pathologies that affect the Uruguaiana population, a total of 233 cases. Of these 140 male and 93 female. Differentiating in: depression, learning deficit, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (TDAH), autism, various disorders such as emotional, reading and conduct, still anxiety, speech and mental deficit, and mental retardation. The importance and necessity of developing the TAA with the users was verified. Being the immediate implementation for all the studied population difficult to the reality of human resources of the municipality. It is concluded that a pilot project can be implemented in a group of children with autism.