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Maria Alice Pereira1, Alfredo Pereira

  • 1Departamento de Enfermagem, Psiquiátrica e Ciências Humanas da Escola de Enfermagem, Ribeirão Preto da USP (EERP-USP). ornelas@eerp.usp.br

Revista Da Escola De Enfermagem Da U S P
|January 20, 2004
PubMed

Using a qualitative methodology (open interviews, story-drawing and thematic analysis), we identify and analyze 4 categories (temporal mismatching, guilt, conflict and loss) found in the discourse of mothers (and one sister) of psychiatric patients receiving treatment at the Center for Psycho-Social Care (NAPS) in Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil, and also evaluate the importance of such categories with a view to understanding the dynamical relationships among mental health services, patients and their families.

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