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Perception of drug users on family: a phenomenological study
Janine Lemos de Lima1, Patrícia Anjos Lima de Carvalho1, Vanessa Thamyris Carvalho Dos Santos1
1Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia. Jequié, Bahia, Brazil.
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.
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