Triagem psicológica grupal: procedimento e resultados obtidos com lista de espera de crianças, adolescentes e adultos, em uma clínica-escola de psicologia

Abstract

In august 1992 there was at Goiás Catholic University Psichology School-Clinic's files, about 95 children, 34 teenagers and 38 adults in a waiting list from five and half preceding years. This list was a consequence of several factors, as follows: greater numbers of patients than professional personnel available, individual consultations less than necessary, difficulties in schedulling and absence of many patients when contacted. After an agreement among professors about the Psichologic Selection Group a posterior preparation of professors and students was done. looking for a correct method of application of a previous selectal program. The "functional unit" was constituted by a professor and one trainee-student, and the basic protocol included an interview which dealt with the following points: the main complaint, the symptons and patient spectations in relation to the service. About 123 ( 73,65% of waiting list) patients came at first, initially as one common group, and after that at weekly separated groups. Including a rapid resolution of waiting list, this Selection Group Program has also promoted an expanded reflexion about the patients demand, so that it has become possible to create new ways to elaborate more realistic programs to patients.