Percepções do uso de psicofármacos : um estudo de narrativas.

Abstract

This research is a qualitative study, which sought to understand how 05 adult patients - who do psychotherapy and the use of psychoactive drugs -, of a service school in the countryside of Rio Grande do Sul, narrate the use of drugs in their lives. Our aim was to know the reasons that made them starting the use of psychiatric drugs, the implications of these in their lives, and in what position that this medication positioned front to other therapeutic resources for these patients. For this, we conducted semi-directional interviews with participants, which were analyzed through the narratives analysis method. As results, the following categories emerged: 'Psychiatric drugs as a resource to treat symptoms and enhance human performance'; 'Positive and negative implications of the use of psychiatric drugs in everyday life'; and ‘“It's complicated to assess what help me": the complementarity between psychotherapy and psychiatric drugs’.