Motivations and repercussions regarding crack consumption: the collective discourse of users of a Psychosocial Care Center

Abstract

Aim: To identify the motivations and repercussions related to crack consumption by people attending a Centro de AtençãoPsicossocial Álcool e Drogas (CAPS AD) (Psychosocial Care Center Alcohol and Drugs) in Bahia. Method: This is a qualitative study developed with eight crack users attending a CAPS AD in a city of Bahia. Interviews, whose content was organized by the technique of the Collective Subject Discourse, were conducted in October and November 2013. Results: The study reveals that the curiosity and the desire to belong to peer groups are events that motivate crack experimentation, and its consumption triggers aggressive and paranoid behavior, depression, financial losses and family and friends abandonment. Conclusion: Given the consequences to social relations and health, actions to prevent the use and consumption of crack are necessary, particularly in order to intervene on the motivations that prompt the first use and relapse.Keywords: Drug User; Crack Cocaine; Nursing. resumen Objetivo: Identificar las motivaciones y repercusiones relacionadas al consumo de crack por personas atendidas en un CAPS AD en el interior de Bahía. Método: Estudio de abordaje cualitativo desarrollado con ocho usuarios de crack atendidos en un Centro de Atención Psicosocial de alcohol y drogas de un municipio bahiano. Se realizaron entrevistas en octubre y noviembre de 2013, cuyo contenido fue organizado por la técnica del Discurso del Sujeto Colectivo. Resultados: El estudio revela que la curiosidad y el deseo de pertenecer a los grupos de pares son eventos que motivan la experimentación del crack, cuyo consumo desencadena comportamiento agresivo y paranoico, depresión, perjuicios financieros y abandono familiar y de amigos. Conclusión:Frente a las repercusiones sociales y para la salud, son necesarias acciones para la prevención del uso/consumo de crack, sobretodo en el sentido de intervenir sobre las motivaciones que incitan al primer uso y las recaídas.

Factors associated with common mental disorder in school teenagers

“…It is known that many young people start cigarette smoking out of fashion, in order to feel like adults or to be accepted into a group (38) . Beyond confirming that drug experimentation, in general, has been motivated by the desire to belong to groups of peers, research explains that, in the search for social acceptance, "it is common for individuals to imitate peers, reproducing attitudes and costumes of their group" (44) .…”

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Tratamento de mulheres usuárias de crack: Uma análise a partir da literatura

“…Um referencial que não deve ser adotado é o conceito da abstinência, criticado em diferentes estudos já que se baseia na cura da doença, pautada no modelo biomédico, e na concepção do usuário como vítima da substância (Paula, Jorge, Albuquerque & Queiroz, 2014;Medeiros, 2014). Mesmo sendo criticado os autores reconheceram que este referencial pode aparecer no tratamento e que existem fatores promotores das decisões sobre manter-se abstinente, como medo de perderem seus filhos, devido à desestruturação de suas vidas causadas pelo consumo do crack (Camargo et al, 2018;Carvalho et al, 2017;Ventura et al, 2020).…”