Abstract
This study aimed to understand the collective imaginary of community health agents (CHAs) from a unit of the Estrategia Saude da Familia (Family Health Strategy) in relation to use/abuse of alcohol and other drugs. The locus for the data collection was a psychoanalytic group discussion developed over seven meetings, which had as a facilitator the first author and seven CHAs participants. The corpus was qualitatively analyzed by means of an interpretative reading focused on capturing affective-emotional sense fields. Three affective-emotional sense fields were raised, and on this occasion it was decided to focus the findings concerning the first one, as it was organized from the belief that health care to alcohol and other drugs users depends on the availability, by the same users, to stop completely using such substances. However, this belief is not compatible with the harm reduction logic as recommended by the Ministerio da Saude (Brazilian Ministry of Health). Thus, the results provide elements for understanding important nuances of the collective imaginary of the participants of this study regarding alcohol and other drugs use/abuse. Nevertheless, further researches are need given the scarcity of literature devoted to the subject.
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