Vulnerabilities in the Mental Health of University Students in the Period of Clinical Internship

Introdução: O período dos estágios dos cursos universitários da área de saúde é repleto de desafios, permeado por sentimentos ambivalentes, que se mal elaborados podem culminar em adoecimento físico e/ou mental. Objetivo: Investigar o nível de sintomatologia de ansiedade, depressão e estresse em universitários - estagiários da área de saúde. Metodologia: Pesquisa descritiva e de caráter quantitativo. Amostra composta por estagiários de três cursos da área da saúde. Realizado em universidade pública localizada no interior paulista. Foram utilizados dois instrumentos: Questionário sociodemográfico e o Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21). Análise dos dados seguindo protocolo estabelecido pelo instrumento, cálculos de estatística descritiva e de associação. Resultados: Participaram 114 estagiários, com média de idade de 22 anos, sendo maioria do gênero feminino, solteiros, com religião, sedentários e praticavam atividades de lazer. Do total, 57,0% apresentaram sintomatologia de depressão, 60,5% ansiedade e 65,8% estresse, com níveis moderado e severo, portanto consideradas patológicas. Encontrada associação entre sexo feminino e sintomas de ansiedade, sintomas depressivos e falta de atividades físicas e de lazer. Conclusão: Necessidade de desenvolvimento de ações preventivas e promoção da saúde mental no contexto universitário, estímulo ao desenvolvimento de fatores protetivos e estratégias de enfrentamento do estresse.Introducción: El período de pasantía de los cursos universitarios en el área de la salud está lleno de desafíos, impregnados de sentimientos ambivalentes que, si no se elaboran bien, pueden culminar en enfermedades físicas y/o mentales. Objetivo: Investigar el nivel de ansiedad, depresión y síntomas de estrés en estudiantes universitarios - internos de salud. Metodología: Investigación descriptiva y cuantitativa. Muestra compuesta por pasantes de tres cursos de salud. Se lleva a cabo en una universidad pública ubicada en el interior de São Paulo. Se utilizaron dos instrumentos: el cuestionario sociodemográfico y la Escala de depresión, ansiedad y estrés (DASS-21). Análisis de datos siguiendo el protocolo establecido por el instrumento, cálculos de estadísticas descriptivas y de asociación. Resultados: Participaron 114 internos, con una edad promedio de 22 años, la mayoría mujeres, solteros, con religión, sedentarios y dedicados a actividades de ocio. Del total, 57.0% tenían síntomas de depresión, 60.5% de ansiedad y 65.8% de estrés, con niveles moderados y severos, por lo tanto considerados patológicos. Se encontró una asociación entre el género femenino y los síntomas de ansiedad, los síntomas depresivos y la falta de actividades físicas y de ocio. Conclusión: Necesidad de desarrollar acciones preventivas y promover la salud mental en el contexto universitario, fomentando el desarrollo de factores y estrategias de protección para enfrentar el estrés.Introduction: The internship period of university courses in the health area is full of challenges, permeated by ambivalent feelings, which, if poorly elaborated, can culminate in physical and / or mental illness. Objective: To investigate the level of anxiety, depression and stress symptoms in university students - health interns. Methodology: Descriptive and quantitative research. Sample made up of interns from three health courses. Held at a public university located in the interior of São Paulo. Two instruments were used: sociodemographic questionnaire and the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21). Data analysis following the protocol established by the instrument, calculations of descriptive and association statistics. Results: Participated 114 interns, with an average age of 22 years old, most of them female, single, with religion, sedentary and engaged in leisure activities. Of the total, 57.0% had symptoms of depression, 60.5% anxiety and 65.8% stress, with moderate and severe levels, therefore considered pathological. An association was found between female sex and symptoms of anxiety, depressive symptoms and lack of physical and leisure activities. Conclusion: Need to develop preventive actions and promote mental health in the university context, encouraging the development of protective factors and strategies to cope with stress

Brazilian Flora 2020: Leveraging the power of a collaborative scientific network

International audienceThe shortage of reliable primary taxonomic data limits the description of biological taxa and the understanding of biodiversity patterns and processes, complicating biogeographical, ecological, and evolutionary studies. This deficit creates a significant taxonomic impediment to biodiversity research and conservation planning. The taxonomic impediment and the biodiversity crisis are widely recognized, highlighting the urgent need for reliable taxonomic data. Over the past decade, numerous countries worldwide have devoted considerable effort to Target 1 of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC), which called for the preparation of a working list of all known plant species by 2010 and an online world Flora by 2020. Brazil is a megadiverse country, home to more of the world's known plant species than any other country. Despite that, Flora Brasiliensis, concluded in 1906, was the last comprehensive treatment of the Brazilian flora. The lack of accurate estimates of the number of species of algae, fungi, and plants occurring in Brazil contributes to the prevailing taxonomic impediment and delays progress towards the GSPC targets. Over the past 12 years, a legion of taxonomists motivated to meet Target 1 of the GSPC, worked together to gather and integrate knowledge on the algal, plant, and fungal diversity of Brazil. Overall, a team of about 980 taxonomists joined efforts in a highly collaborative project that used cybertaxonomy to prepare an updated Flora of Brazil, showing the power of scientific collaboration to reach ambitious goals. This paper presents an overview of the Brazilian Flora 2020 and provides taxonomic and spatial updates on the algae, fungi, and plants found in one of the world's most biodiverse countries. We further identify collection gaps and summarize future goals that extend beyond 2020. Our results show that Brazil is home to 46,975 native species of algae, fungi, and plants, of which 19,669 are endemic to the country. The data compiled to date suggests that the Atlantic Rainforest might be the most diverse Brazilian domain for all plant groups except gymnosperms, which are most diverse in the Amazon. However, scientific knowledge of Brazilian diversity is still unequally distributed, with the Atlantic Rainforest and the Cerrado being the most intensively sampled and studied biomes in the country. In times of “scientific reductionism”, with botanical and mycological sciences suffering pervasive depreciation in recent decades, the first online Flora of Brazil 2020 significantly enhanced the quality and quantity of taxonomic data available for algae, fungi, and plants from Brazil. This project also made all the information freely available online, providing a firm foundation for future research and for the management, conservation, and sustainable use of the Brazilian funga and flora