Experiência do consumo de substâncias psicoativas por mulheres e suas expectativas em relação ao tratamento

Abstract

Recent studies point the increase of the alcohol consumption and other drugs for women, as well as of the related problems to this, mainly in the countries in phase of development in virtue of the equality of sort and the disappearance of sociocultural barriers. Leaving of these findings, the present work had as objective to characterize the experience of the abusive consumption and/or dependence of crack, alcohol and other drugs and the expectations in relation to the treatment between women attended for the Center of Psicossocial Attention Alcohol and Drugs (CAPSad) of the city of Santo Antonio de Jesus-Ba. The work consists of a exploratório study, descriptive and of qualitative boarding it Was used participant comment as strategy of entrance in field and establishment of I tie with the service and the users. Later, interviews semistructuralized with eight bigger women of 18 years had been become fullfilled that if found in treatment in the cited CAPSad. The procedure for analysis of the empirical data had consisted of the transcription of the interviews, systematization of the data in thematic categories and interpretation of the data to the light of the revision of related literature the thematic one. The elaborated thematic categories for the analysis of the content of the interviews, had been the following ones: 1) Experience of the consumption; 2) Factors of vulnerability and protection; 3) Therapeutical itinerary; 4) Expectation in relation to the treatment. The results gotten with the present study had disclosed that the experience of the psychoactive substance consumption for women presented in sufficiently complex way in virtue them factors of risk and vulnerability related and social comprometimentos them, familiar, clinical and emotional decurrent of this experience, which cause damages the development of papers previously exerted, such as the paper of son, mother, wife and professional. One concludes that, in result of the psychic fragility where the using psychoactive substance woman can meet, the involved professionals in the assistance to this population group need to establish a concern in knowing the experience of the women and knowing them and practical decurrent of its experiences so that the practical ones of care are coherent with the reality of each woman and, more efficient.