Perception of drug users on family: a phenomenological study

• Main Authors: Janine Lemos de Lima, Patrícia Anjos Lima de Carvalho, Vanessa Thamyris Carvalho dos Santos, Márcia Aparecida Ferreira de Oliveira, Sâmia de Carliris Barbosa Malhado, Eurisa Maria de Santana, Edite Lago da Silva Sena
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem
• Series: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem
• Subjects: Enfermería; Las Drogas Ilícitas; Familia; Rehabilitación; Salud Mental
• Online Access: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71672018001102094&lng=en&tlng=en

ABSTRACT Objective: to understand the perception of drug users about “being a family” in the context of their psychosocial rehabilitation. Method: 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. Results: the readings of the descriptions allowed the definition of the thematic category: Nuances of being family: materialist and existential view. Final considerations: 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.