Last modified: 2014-04-03
Abstract
Case: TLS, female, 6 years old, born in Nhamundá-Amazonas, 3rd mother's pregnancy, who did not receive prenatal care, were delivered vaginally, at home, term, without hospital care in pre-, peri-and postnatal. The mother noted color changes and increased hairiness in the cervical region, dorsal and proximal third of both arms. The child attends the 1st year of regular school with good grades. Evolved with apathy, tremors and episodes of uncontrollable crying when pressed to go to school, because there she was the victim of psychological abuse from colleagues, generating emotional instability, generalized anxiety and school phobia (BULLYING).
Discussion: Recent studies reveal that the behavior associated with "jokes" where the focus is to uplift the defects or cause physical aggression repeatedly a victim, which until very recently was considered harmless, today is known as bullying. Physical assaults may result in serious consequences to the children's and adolescents' mental development, resulting from decrease in self-esteem even, in extreme cases, suicide and other tragedies. School phobia is classified as an anxiety disorder and is an exaggerated fear about going to school that the child feels
Conclusion: School phobia is a psychiatric disorder that occurs during school hours and should not be overlooked either treated with anxiolytic medications, which have action on the central nervous system, without prior a complete organic and psychological research trying to identify a cause tractable with environmental treatment.