Humanidades Médicas (Apr 2020)
Demands and strategies for coping with chemical dependence revealed in Integrative Community Therapy
Abstract
Introduction: This work has as objective to evaluate the main demands and strategies revealed by users of psychoactive substances during the execution of an intervention program with Integrative Community Therapy. Method: This is a documentary study, retrospective and qualitative, carried out based on the forms of assessment and closure of the Integrative Community Therapy rounds carried out between January and May 2018, in three institutions for recovery of chemical dependency in the Araguaia Valley, Brazil. Content analysis was used in the thematic modality. Results: The main demands refer to the family context, suffering and discomfort. The most used strategies for coping with chemical dependency were: self-esteem, handling of negative feelings, social bonds and religiosity. The records pointed out that the Integrated Community Therapy allowed space for listening, manifesting and sharing suffering, helping in the therapeutic process and care of these users. Disscusion: The evidence allowed inferring the beneficial effects of the participation in the Integrated Community Therapy, particularly when collecting the participants' demands, in the awakening of the mechanisms to face adversity, giving them the opportunity to re-dimension their conflicts, sufferings and emotions.
