Prevalence and trends of mental disorders requiring inpatient care in the city of Porto Alegre: a citywide study including all inpatient admissions due to mental disorders in the public system from 2013-2017.
Giovanni Abrahão SalumLoiva Dos S LeiteSara Jane E Dos SantosGabriel MazziniFernanda L C BaezaLucas SpanembergSara Evans-LackoJoão Ricardo SatoDiane M do NascimentoThiago FrankJuliana PfeilNatan KatzJorge OsórioPaulo Ricardo Dos SantosEliana da SilvaChristiane NunesKelma Nunes SoaresÂngela Maria Grando MachadoTatiana BreyerMárcio RodriguesAdriani GalãoGledis Lisiane MottaSilvia SchuchEduardo OsórioCláudia RodriguesPablo de Lannoy SturmerErno HarzheimPublished in: Trends in psychiatry and psychotherapy (2021)
Admissions due to mental disorders are relatively common, mainly among adults and related to drug use and mood disorders. Time trends varied slightly over the 5 years. Prevalence rates in real-world settings might be useful for policymakers interested in planning the public mental health system in large Brazilian cities.