A família do doente mental no enfrentamento do surto psicótico

Abstract

The objective of this study was to analyze the experiences of families of the mentally ill in coping with the psychotic outbreak. Method: This is a qualitative study of the descriptive type, data collection was performed with 13 families that accompany the mental patient in a psychotic outbreak at the Eduardo Ribeiro Psychiatric Center. For data collection, a semi-structured interview script was used with questions guided by the study objectives and the responses were recorded and later transcribed, described, analyzed and discussed. For the analysis of the materials, the Collective Subject Discourse method was used, identifying in the answers the Key Expressions and Central Ideas with the intention of forming the discourse that represented the collective. Results and Discussion: The feelings present in the diagnosis of mental illness were: feelings of guilt, sadness, denial and despair. On the outbreak of the disease, there were some symptoms recognized by relatives such as aggression, insomnia and hallucinations. Regarding the difficulties, it was highlighted: overload, prejudice and the aggressiveness of the outbreak. Thus, family strategies for coping with the outbreak include: not confronting; only to take him to the Eduardo Ribeiro Psychiatric Center; look for other professionals and particular measures including jail during the outbreak, assaults on patients and administration of hidden medication. Conclusion: In the research it was shown that family members face the psychotic outbreaks of their relatives, alone, overloaded and abandoned by the health service, where they also need and cry out for assistance