Subjectivity modes in psychiatric speech: implications and impact of psychiatric diagnosis on the subject of identity construction

This article aims at presenting the results of a study that approached the impact of the psychiatric diagnosis on the modes of subjectivity. It also proposed to demonstrate the relation of the diagnosis and the medicalization process with the repercussion on the individuals ’ social relationships. Thus, an exploratory qualitative research was conducted, using data from medical records and semi-directed interviews with ten users of a Basic Health Unit with Family Health Strategy in a city of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The main findings were expressed in three axes: subjectivity by the disease, in which the subjects recognize themselves and reproduce a behavior consistent with the imposed diagnosis; medicalization as self-control, which discusses their dependence on medication; and interpersonal relationships after diagnosis, alluding to the change in behavior that the closest people have towards the subject under treatment.
Source: Saude e Sociedade - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research