Abstract
to understand the professionals' intentions and family members' expectations about care actions developed to the relatives of users of psychoactive substances. a social phenomenology approach according to Alfred Schütz, performed in a Psychosocial Care Center for Alcohol and Drugs. Interviews were performed with 13 professionals and 12 family members. there is a reciprocity of perspectives between the professionals' intentions and the relatives' expectations, described by the effectiveness of the treatment of the user (typical of the action of both). The family members seek for care actions, expecting to improve the user's treatment. the findings provide reflections for professionals about the health care actions and the organization of the service for the family's mental health.
Highlights
Psychoactive substances, whether illicit or not, represent a public health problem, due to its disseminator power and because it is present in almost all countries[1]
The Ministry of Health’s Policy of Integral Care for Alcohol and Other Drugs Users establishes the construction of care networks, composed by a substitutive service, Psychosocial Care Center for Alcohol and Drugs (CAPSad – Centro de Atenção Psicossocial Álcool e Drogas), which provides the population with substance related problems, producing therapeutic and preventive activities to the community, seeking, among other strategies, to offer care to family members of the service users[3]
Theoretical-methodological framework We opted for an approach of Alfred Schütz’s Social Phenomenology, based on the person that lives the experience of a particular phenomenon, considering that only the actor involved can refer to what he/she expects from the action
Summary
Psychoactive substances, whether illicit or not, represent a public health problem, due to its disseminator power and because it is present in almost all countries[1]. The prevalence of those substances is increasing worldwide, reaches about 27 million people, which represents 0.6% of the world’s population, and has aroused a strong social concern[2]. The Ministry of Health’s Policy of Integral Care for Alcohol and Other Drugs Users establishes the construction of care networks, composed by a substitutive service, Psychosocial Care Center for Alcohol and Drugs (CAPSad – Centro de Atenção Psicossocial Álcool e Drogas), which provides the population with substance related problems, producing therapeutic and preventive activities to the community, seeking, among other strategies, to offer care to family members of the service users[3]. The family needs to be perceived according to its experienced reality, from participation spaces and construction of actions that allow the integration of family members to the care
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