Usuários de crack atendidos em unidade de emergência psiquiátrica: perfil de uma série de casos Crack users treated in psychiatric emergency units: profile of a series of cases

Abstract

Objetivo: estabelecer o perfil sociodemográfico e do uso de crack e outras drogas de uma série de casos composta de dez usuários de crack. Métodos: pesquisa descritiva, realizada em uma unidade de emergência psiquiátrica em Maringá-PR, por meio de um roteiro de entrevista semiestruturado. Resultados: os sujeitos pesquisados eram homens, com idade entre 20 a 49 anos, mais de nove anos estudados, separados, pais, católicos e desempregados. Grande parte iniciou o uso de drogas com álcool ou tabaco, em média aos 14 anos, fumava habitualmente o crack em cachimbo de metal há menos de oito anos e já havia praticado atividades criminosas para aquisição da droga. Conclusão: o perfil dos usuários foi semelhante ao descrito na literatura, mas apresentou como especificidades o nível de escolaridade e o meio utilizado para consumir o crack.

Multiprofessional Care Towards the Crack-Related Hospital Admissions / O Cuidado Multiprofissional na Prevenção de Internações Relacionadas ao Uso de Crack

“…16 Studies indicate that the phase of initiation to drug use usually occurs in adolescence, due to being a stage marked by curiosity and the search for appreciation in the group of friends. 5 Concerning the marital status, 60.8% (n=129) were single, a similar characteristic to the study performed in the Rio Grande do Sul State, where 62.1% of single people were in the sample. 15 This result might be due to social losses caused by drug abuse, family breakdown, as well as the incessant search and priority for the drug that causes social isolation.…”

“…4 Crack can cause serious troubles in the individual, family and social context, as well as the risk factors for chronicdegenerative problems, physical damage, major psychiatric losses, rupture of affective bonds and social and family isolation. 4,5 The reason for crack is a predominant cause of hospital admission for cocaine use, represents a greater proportion of visits at the Psychosocial Care Center for Alcohol and other Drugs [Centros de Atenção Psicossocial Álcool e outras Drogas (CAPS-AD)] to treatment. 6,7 Therefore, these individuals constitute a population at risk, becoming a challenge for the health services, both for treatment and for the elaboration of public policies.8 Because the treatment needs to involve biopsychosocial attention, focusing on contexts that are related to the use of the drug and not only to the organic and psychic level, since this is a multifactorial phenomenon.…”

Codependency, Psychological Problems and Time of Exposure to Parents with a History of Psychoactive Substance Dependence: Appointments

“…It is noted that most of the sample was composed by adolescents who had their father as member family wtih of dependency on psychoactive substances and as mentioned, even under such condition, the indications that the presence of the father figure would offer protection to the adolescent highlights the importance of the suggested actions directed to men, also for the reason that they could cooperate to a greater support in the exercise of fatherhood. Furthermore, such results can serve as a parameter for directed actions to men (in relative terms to health care), considering that they are most affected by addiction to psychoactive substances than women (Seleghim, Galera & Oliveira, 2016). These activities with parents become more important as they can also improve children's mental health.…”

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

“…O manejo da fissura também foi mencionado como estratégia comportamental que pode ser usada no ambiente hospitalar e extra-hospitalar, através de técnicas, uso de medicamentos e a intervenção verbal dos profissionais (Seleghim & Oliveira, 2016).…”