O cotidiano de pessoas em uso problemático de álcool e outras drogas e a terapia ocupacional
Resumo
As it is a cross-cutting theme in several areas such as health, justice, education, social assistance
and development, the problematic use of alcohol and other drugs requires an understanding of
the factors that make up the daily lives of people who do such use. The concept of daily life is
understood as a key-concept that refers to the production of knowledge and practices in
occupational therapy, and is linked to the research theme that we proposed to investigate. The
research was developed through two complementary studies, Study 1 aimed to investigate the
role of occupational therapists with people in psychological distress resulting from the use of
alcohol and other drugs, focusing on daily life. Study 2 had as general objective to understand
the daily life of people in psychological distress resulting from the use of alcohol and other
drugs linked to a CAPS AD (Alcohol and Drugs Psychosocial Care Center), from their
perspective. Study 1 was based on the investigation of the performance of occupational
therapists in the state of São Paulo, CAPS AD workers, focusing on the daily lives of people
who make problematic use of alcohol and other drugs. Study 2 was based on contact with people
who make problematic use of alcohol and other drugs linked to a CAPS AD in the interior of
the state of São Paulo, through participant observation. Data collection for Study 1 was based
on a semi-structured questionnaire sent by email with the Google Forms link. For data
collection from Study 2, field diary records and complementary open interviews were used.
Twelve occupational therapists working at CAPS AD in the state of São Paulo participated in
Study 1, and in Study 2, six people with problematic use of alcohol and other drugs. The data
produced were analyzed using thematic analysis, and for the analysis of Study 2 we anchored
in the perspective of Agnes Heller's Theory of Everyday Life.The results of Study 1 pointed to
five categories of analysis: Concept of Daily Life; Territory conception and performance in the
perspective of daily life; Daily Activities and Occupations; The Centrality of Alcohol and Other
Drugs in Daily Life and Stigma. The vast majority of occupational therapists reported that
understanding, problematizing and expanding the daily life of people in psychological distress
due to the problematic use of alcohol and other drugs is an ethical-political challenge, making
it necessary to identify the immediacy of the AD clinic and expand care beyond the survival of
these people through the rescue of life history, affections, desire and creation. The results of
Study 2 revealed that people with problematic use of alcohol and other drugs perceive
themselves as stigmatized, link the use to the context of violence, experienced mainly in family
relationships, as well as the lack of guarantee of basic rights in childhood is directly related to
living on the street. They refer that the context of gender and police violence mark their daily
lives. The reports registered that the CAPS AD works in the daily life of this population,
guaranteeing rights and encouraging protagonism and, finally, they showed the means found
for survival on the street, in relation to basic rights such as housing, food, among others. We
hope that this research can help to understand the daily lives of people in psychological distress
resulting from the problematic use of alcohol and other drugs and contribute to directing
Occupational Therapy actions focusing on the daily lives of this population.
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