Ansiedade e depressão na universidade: contribuições da Terapia Comunitária Integrativa

Abstract

This paper assesses the levels of anxiety and depression of undergraduate and postgraduate students at public universities in the south of the country before and after participation in Integrative Community Therapy. We use the experimental research, with pre/post-test design with Integrative Community Therapy intervention, developed in 2018/2019, using the “Hospital Anxiety and Depression” Scale and analysis performed by statistical program R Core Team and Wilcoxon Test. It can be observed a statistically significant decrease of the probable anxiety and depression scores in approximately 30% of undergraduate and postgraduate students, which brings the potential of integrative community therapy to manage these pathologies besides promoting health, self-knowledge, strengthening bonds. Integrative Community Therapy has decreased the levels of anxiety and depression in students. Therefore, it can be considered an important tool to help health care in the university student environment.