Revista Eletrônica de Enfermagem (Nov 2016)

Family Health Strategy and assistance to drug addicts: conjunct or isolated actions?

  • Luiz Felipe Batista Pires,
  • Laiany Gonçalves de Macedo,
  • José Arimatéa de Aleluia Júnior,
  • Pedro Henrique Batista de Freitas,
  • Ricardo Bezerra Cavalcante,
  • Richardson Miranda Machado

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5216/ree.v18.39177
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 18, no. 0

Abstract

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Our objective was to investigate the integrated assistance to drug addicts through the Psychosocial Attention Center and Family Health teams of a large city in the Southeast of Brazil. This is a historical descriptive study. From the 825 patients, most were males (82.3%), the 41 to 50 years age group was predominant (56.5%), and mental and behavioral disorders due to alcohol abuse were the most prevalent among males (38.1%) and, for females, the diagnostic caused by tobacco’s use and abuse (60.9%). Analyzing the integrated attention to drug addicts, we verified by the special distribution that most patients (57.9%) were not integrately attended by CPA and FHSs. It becomes urgent to strengthen and consolidate the family health strategy as a prioritary attention point of care for drug addicts in the psychosocial attention network.

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