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Introduction: the assistance of psychiatric patients can be given on outpatient basis or through hospitalizations in conventional rooms or day hospitals. Objective: to evaluate the quality of services provided in a day-ambulatory Mental Health Community Center of La Lisa, during the period from January to December 2016. Method: a descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out. The target group comprised 67 patients who attended day-ambulatory services in the period studied, matching-up the study sample, which met the inclusion criteria established throughout the research. Results: 77,6 % of the patients agreed with the level of training of the health team, 64,2 % gave sufficient criteria on the information received during the treatments, 79,1 % considered the treatment provided as positive, 73,1 % of the users were in agreement with the guidelines received once the ambulatory service finished and 88 % of the patients reported they achieved skills for their better performance in daily life. Conclusions: the level of training of the professional health team regarding the day-ambulatory services was satisfactory, as well as the information provided during the treatments, the effectiveness of psychotherapy and social reintegration, where the patients confirmed a high degree of satisfaction, considering that the work-group allowed them to develop personal resources to be able to deal with their problems.

Introduction: living with a chronic and incurable disease such as sickle cell disease, in many cases it brings about an increase in the developmental crisis experienced by adolescents, as well as changes in their self-assessment. It is necessary to work and offer psychological support to the adolescents and their family members for the transit through this stage. The objective of this research was to characterize the self - assessment in adolescents diagnosed with sickle cell disease, attended at Pepe Portilla Provincial Pediatric Hospital, during the period from March 2015 to December 2016. Method: an experimental, transactional, descriptive study was carried out with a qualitative design. From a target group of 20 pediatric patients with sickle cell disease, 14 were chosen, which responded to the selectivity of not being in periods of crisis due to illness during the time of the investigation. Psychological evaluation instruments were used as research methods. Results: usually described as dependent, introverted, solitary, and insecure, considered by them to be unfortunate, and undergoing strong experiences of jealousy and possessiveness, presenting an inadequate assessment because most of them are undervalued. Discussion: self-rated content focuses primarily on areas such as health, interpersonal relationships, family and school. The regulatory function of self-assessment focuses on quality of life and study. Adequacy levels are described in all subjects studied as inappropriate.