Violence, mourning and activism: contributions of anthropology to social psychology

This study aimed to analyze the conceptions about the treatment, found in the speeches of users from a substitutive health service, and the meanings they attributed to their relationship with the community. The theoretical approach of Social Psychology was adopted, particularly the Theory of Meaning Production, which studies the analysis of discursive practices by a constructionist approach. A semi-structured interview was applied to a sample of ten participants, these being men and women who come from psychiatric hospitals and accompanied by CAPS II, in the city of XX. The testimonials of the participants showed an emphasis in the concept of disease, the attribution of external factors as the main causes of mental illness and the perception of the hospital as a place of isolation and mistreatment. Even with the new methods of treatment provided by the Psychiatric Reform, users highlighted feelings of exclusion and rejection.
Source: Psicologia e Sociedade - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research