Perception of drug users on family: a phenomenological study

• Published in: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem 2018, Vol.71 (suppl 5), p.2094-2100
• Main Authors: Lima, Janine Lemos de, Carvalho, Patrícia Anjos Lima de, Santos, Vanessa Thamyris Carvalho Dos, Oliveira, Márcia Aparecida Ferreira de, Malhado, Sâmia de Carliris Barbosa, Santana, Eurisa Maria de, Sena, Edite Lago da Silva
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Alcoholism; Brazil; Drug Users; Drugs; Enfermería; Familia; Families & family life; Family - psychology; Humans; Internet; Las Drogas Ilícitas; Merleau-Ponty, Maurice (1908-61); NURSING; Perception; Qualitative Research; Rehabilitación; Rehabilitation; Salud Mental; Social structure; Substance abuse treatment
• ISSN: 0034-7167; 1984-0446; 1984-0446
• DOI: 10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0368

to understand the perception of drug users about "being a family" in the context of their psychosocial rehabilitation. based on the theoretical-philosophical reference of Maurice Merleau-Ponty. It was carried out with eleven users of the Center for Psychosocial Care Alcohol and other Drugs (CAPS AD) in a municipality in the South of Bahia, Brazil, through the Focal Group, in August 2015. The resulting material was submitted to the Ambiguity Analytical Technique. the readings of the descriptions allowed the definition of the thematic category: Nuances of being family: materialist and existential view. the results of the study converged to the understanding that the user of alcohol and other drugs recognizes the "being a family" from two dimensions: a more materialistic, and an existentialist, which need to be considered in the process of psychosocial rehabilitation of this user.