Relações familiares na perspectiva dos usuários de álcool e outras drogas em tratamento no CAPS AD em um município da Bahia

Abstract

According to epidemiological data, the prevalence of lifetime use of alcohol in the general population increased from 68.5 % in 2001 to 74.6 % in 2005. Among individuals older than 18 years, it is estimated that 3 % of the population makes use of alcoholic beverages and 9 % have a dependence. The alcohol abuse and / or alcohol addiction is often accompanied by conflicts in social and family relationships. For family understands a private institution, subject to various kinds of arrangement, which plays role of primary socialization of children and adolescents. This work aims to characterize family relationships of alcohol users in treatment in a CAPSad. We conducted a descriptive qualitative nature in the context of a CAPSad located in a municipality of Bahia. For data collection was adopted as a methodological strategy to direct observation activities during the service period of two months, from which it was possible to identify and establish link with the research subjects. Eight people were interviewed in the treatment of alcohol abuse / alcohol dependence in CAPSad, four of whom are male and four female. The interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed and analyzed using thematic categories. From the analysis of observational records and interviews were identified particularitiesvas to the experience of substance use among men and women, especially at the beginning of this consumption, circumstances of first experience and family relations. Among men, the beginning has developed from search socialization with the environment and peers. With regard to the presence of the family in treatment, this behaves cozy, but too often assumes a posture of "surveillance". Among women, it is clear that the consumer experience is related to a personal history of psychological distress. Family conflicts are often intensified by alcohol and women as well as their families seek to ensure the problem. It is necessary to further studies on the family relationships of users of alcohol, especially among the female group, there is still restricted to the presence of women and their families in institutions dealing with abuse / drug addiction.