Health care workers’ concept of characteristics of crack users treated at a psychosocial care center

Authors

  • Annie Jeanninne Bisso Lacchini Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre image/svg+xml
  • Cíntia Nasi Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre image/svg+xml
  • Gustavo Costa de Oliveira Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul image/svg+xml
  • Leandro Barbosa de Pinho Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul image/svg+xml
  • Jacó Fernando Schneider Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul image/svg+xml

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/ree.v17i2.29179

Keywords:

Mental Health, Health Services, Substance-Related Disorders, Nursing

Abstract

Crack use is a growing, multifactorial public health problem and presents challenges to health care workers. This study aimed to understand how a mental health team conceives of the characteristics of crack users treated in a psychosocial care center (CAPS) in the Brazilian public health care network. This is an evaluative, qualitative case study, developed with eight health care professionals who are members of a CAPS team. According to the team, there are three characteristics that define the crack users who receive care at the CAPS: 1) they require urgent care; 2) they are difficult to manage, and have low adherence to the service; and 3) they do not have a defined profile. The article concludes that it is necessary to recognize that crack users have different health care needs that require reorganization and questioning of practices in order to attend to this new reality.

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Author Biographies

  • Annie Jeanninne Bisso Lacchini, Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre
    Enfermeira, Doutora em Enfermagem. Professor Adjunto do Departamento de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre (UFCSPA). Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil. E-mail: anniejbl@hotmail.com.
  • Cíntia Nasi, Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre
    Enfermeira, Doutora em Enfermagem. Professor Adjunto do Departamento de Enfermagem UFCSPA. Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil. E-mail: cintianasi@yahoo.com.br.
  • Gustavo Costa de Oliveira, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
    Enfermeiro, Mestre em Enfermagem. Discente do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), nível Doutorado. Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil. E-mail: gustavoenfufrgs@gmail.com.
  • Leandro Barbosa de Pinho, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
    Enfermeiro, Doutor em Enfermagem Psiquiátrica. Professor Adjunto da Escola de Enfermagem (EE) da UFRGS. Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil. E-mail: lbpinho@ufrgs.br.
  • Jacó Fernando Schneider, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
    Enfermeiro, Doutor em Enfermagem Psiquiátrica. Professor Adjunto da Escola de Enfermagem (EE) da UFRGS. Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil. E-mail: lbpinho@ufrgs.br.

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Published

2015-06-30

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 2 (2015)

Section

Original Article