Abstract
This article presents and discusses one of the five main categories that emerged from the narratives of patients treated in a military outpatient clinic of the Brazilian Navy: the availability of drinks on board. A dense ethnography was conducted at this clinic from 2005 to 2009, and, in 2010, a participant observation was carried out in two treatment groups, during 24 sessions. Sampling, data collection, analysis, and interpretation occurred in an interactive way, rather than in a stepwise sequence. Data interpretation was possible by using the Peircean abduction reasoning of the peculiar categories that emerged in the participants’ discourse. A templum-synthesis was built according to the Boudon diagram to analyze and discuss the information. In conclusion, the institution seems to contribute to the production of the alcoholic habitus, unaware that alcohol availability may influence the emergence of alcoholism, leading to harmful impacts on the health of its contingent.
Highlights
Alcoholism among military personnel has become a matter of special attention in the Brazilian Navy since the creation of the Center for Chemical Dependency (CEDEQ), in 1997, a specialized outpatient clinic for drug addiction treatment located in the Navy Central Hospital, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Alcohol dependence is more than a medical disorder; there is a wide range of effects that are elicited by alcohol intake, which vary according to different cultures, societies, and historic circumstances
The patients of CEDEQ may not be considered a representative sample of the entire Brazilian Navy population in statistical terms, but unable to typify the naval contingent as a whole
Summary
Alcoholism among military personnel has become a matter of special attention in the Brazilian Navy since the creation of the Center for Chemical Dependency (CEDEQ), in 1997, a specialized outpatient clinic for drug addiction treatment located in the Navy Central Hospital, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Alcohol dependence is more than a medical disorder; there is a wide range of effects that are elicited by alcohol intake, which vary according to different cultures, societies, and historic circumstances In this present study, alcoholism was conceived as a feature of culture (Neves, 2004), or better, a typical event of complex urban societies. It can be understood as a multi-determined experience that can be examined from diverse angles
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