Terapia comunitária

MENTAL HEALTH IN THE COMMUNITY: COMMUNITY THERAPY AS TOOL (DIS) MEDICALIZATION OF USERS GROUP OF THERAPEUTIC.*

SAÚDE MENTAL NA COMUNIDADE: A TERAPIA COMUNITÁRIA COMO FERRAMENTA DE (DES) MEDICALIZAÇÃO DOS USUÁRIOS DOS GRUPOS TERAPÊUTICOS*

Amália Gonçalves Arruda[1]
Maria Salete Bessa Jorge[2]

This study deals with Community Therapy (CT), with the objective of describing medicamentation/medicalization as a strategy of treatment in community healthcare. The methodological trajectory based itself on qualitative approach, within a descriptive and analytical perspective. Semi-structured interviews, focal group and systematic observation of six strategies, as data collection techniques were utilized. Twenty-six people, distributed into two groups of representation, were the subjects of the study: therapeutic communities – 05; users – 21. As to medicalization/medicamentation, the study demonstrated that many users were able to reduce and even stop using controlled medication with support of CT and other therapeutical services as massage therapy, reiki and self-esteem groups, in addition to treatment at the Psychosocial Treatment Center (CAPS). The main characteristic of CT is a feeling of being welcomed and other light technologies, as bonding, responsibilization and autonomy, characterizing itself as a service of promoting humanization in medicamentation/medicalization and in mental health.
Keywords: therapy; community therapy; mental health; medicalization; medicamentation.

Resumo

O artigo trata sobre a Terapia Comunitária (TC), com o objetivo de compreender como esta atual no processo de (des) medicalização em seus usuários. Estudo de natureza descritiva com enfoque na análise qualitativa. Utilizaram-se, como técnicas de coletas de dados, a entrevista semi-estruturada, o grupo focal e a observação sistemática de seis terapias. Constituíram os sujeitos do estudo vinte e seis pessoas, distribuídas em três grupos de representação: terapeutas