Objective: This study aimed to investigate the social representations of people living with HIV/AIDS and their experiences of prejudice. Method: One hundred fifty- four (154) people living with HIV/AIDS participated in the study. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and underwent a descending hierarchical analysis through the IRaMuTeQ software. Results: The study results showed that for these individuals the moment of diagnosis was perceived as a turning point, but after a while they eventually anchored their health condition as a chronic disease. Infection occurred mostly due to intravenous drug use and unprotected sex. Discussion: The participants reported that dealing with social prejudice was more difficult than living with HIV/ AIDS. Prejudice was a recurring daily experience for those who decided to reveal their serological status, and led to a practice of conceal...

The present research aims to analyze seven cases of custody dispute verified by a forensic psychologist in a county South of Brazil, where were observed substantial damage and/or alienation in the relationship between child and one of parents. A documentary retrospective study was conducted, which sought the categories most frequently found in each of the cases. It was noted that when one of parents does not accept the separation and remains in custody of children, it is possible this initiates a process of growing apart of the child with the ex spouse, which can cause serious harm to child development. The main damage observed were: aggression, depression, anxiety, use of lies to communicate, rejecting the parent who does not have custody, and even incorporating phrases of the parent who obtained custody as if they were their own.

Este artículo tuvo como objetivo analizar dos casos de abuso sexual contra niñas, una con 3 y la otra con 6 años de edad, cometidos por sus progenitoras, y que fueron periciados por el equipo psicosocial de un Foro del sur de Brasil. En ambos casos las madres abusivas tenían una historia familiar de abuso sexual incestuoso y vivían solas con sus hijas, la revelación del abuso ocurrió solamente después de la reversión de guardia. Los padres de las niñas tenían un comportamiento pasivo en relación a las ex mujeres, aun siendo sexualmente unidos a ellas. En relación a la violencia sexual, los padres tenían problemas para creer lo que había sido perpetrado por ellas. Se observó también la dificultad de servicios especializados (comisarías de policía) para recibir y registrar la denuncia.

This article aimed to analyze two cases of sexual abuse against girls, one with three years old and another with six years old, which was perpetrated by their progenitors, and examined by a psychosocial team of a South Brazilian Forum. In both cases the mothers had a family history of incestuous sexual abuse, were living alone with their daughters and the proper disclosure of the abuse committed against the girls only happened after the guard reversal. The fathers showed a passive behavior against the ex-wives and they were still sexually attached to them. With regard to the sexual violence, they had trouble believing it had been perpetrated by the mothers. It was also observed the difficulty of specialized services (police stations) to receive and register the complaint

This article aimed to analyze two cases of sexual abuse against girls, one with three years old and another with six years old, which was perpetrated by their progenitors, and examined by a psychosocial team of a South Brazilian Forum. In both cases the mothers had a family history of incestuous sexual abuse, were living alone with their daughters and the proper disclosure of the abuse committed against the girls only happened after the guard reversal. The fathers showed a passive behavior against the ex-wives and they were still sexually attached to them. With regard to the sexual violence, they had trouble believing it had been perpetrated by the mothers. It was also observed the difficulty of specialized services (police stations) to receive and register the complaint

This study aimed to understand the social representations of elderly people self-care, care to other elders and their social network, by relating them to care practices used by social networks. The study included a survey distributed to 102 elderly subjects who were asked about their gender and dependency level, in order to identify the elderly social network and the structural part of the social representation of elderly people care. The results shown by the configuration and network map indicate a difference between gender in the elderly social network configuration, where men and independent elderly felt less loneliness, which may reflect a slight deterioration of dependent elderly’s social network. In social practice, elderly people care is assigned to informal caregivers, family members and women. The social representation of elderly people care mainly included the pragmatic aspec...