Modos de subjetivação e o discurso psiquiátrico : implicação e repercussão do diagnóstico psiquiátrico na construção de identidade do sujeito.

Abstract

This article aims to present the results of research which concerned about the reflections and analyzes the implications and impact of psychiatric diagnosis in building the identity of the subject. It is also proposed to investigate whether the knowledge of diagnosis interferes with the construction of modes of subjectivity and social relations of individuals, as well as the relationship with the medicalization process. Thereby, an exploratory qualitative research was conducted with ten users of a Family Health Strategy Santa Cruz do Sul - RS, which sought to ascertain whether or not there was any change in the perception of self, from the knowledge of psychiatric diagnosis. The main findings express the idea that subjects with psychiatric diagnoses are subjectivate through "disease" which were classified, reproduce a consistent behavior diagnosis tax and create a dependence on medication, as if it were essential to its existence.