E assim nos sentimos lançados no mundo: sentidos e significados nos discursos de usuários e familiares após a comunicação do diagnóstico de transtornos psiquiátricos à luz da filosofia de Martin Heidegger

Abstract

This research is part of the field of Psychology of Health and the research line Psychology and Phenomenology, FAPSI / UFAM / CNPq Laboratory of Phenomenological-Existential Psychology. The object of study is the experiences of patients diagnosed with psychiatric disorders and their relatives and / or companions inserted in the mental health system in the city of Manaus. The experience of communicating the diagnosis of a mental disorder implies a series of emotional issues that mobilize the affected person and their relatives and / or companions in the sense of questioning their own existence. Psychiatric disorders are an example of a chronic health condition that has a progressive and incapacitating course, which constitutes a public health problem and poses a huge challenge to the care and psychosocial adjustment of the patient, and little research has been done on the conception that users and their families diagnosis communication. This study aims to understand the perception of communication of the diagnosis of psychiatric disorders of users and their relatives in light of the philosophy of Martin Heidegger - meanings and meanings in speeches. It is a study based on the qualitative approach of research, using the phenomenological method of research in Psychology with descriptive and exploratory character and the analysis of the interviews used the thought of Martin Heidegger. Recorded audio interview was used, starting from a guiding question, with its possible unfolding after being enunciated. The participants were 16 users and 3 family members. Six categories were elaborated: a) The Being-Aí and its temporality: reminiscences of the walk; b) Communication of the diagnosis: I refuse to accept the verdict; c) Being-with-the-other: the experience of support and non-support; d) Living with the disorder: the idiosyncrasies of the experience; e) The becoming, the coming-to-be: perspectives; f) The importance of psychological listening, therapy. It is concluded that from the communication of the diagnosis of psychiatric disorder, a series of elements that resize the existence of users and relatives accompanied by a mental health institution are present, which characterizes the multidimensionality of being before facticity.