Use Of Psychotropic Drugs by Users Monitored by the Family Health Strategy: A Theoretical Reflection
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.19175/recom.v12i0.4380Keywords:
Medicalização, Saúde da Família, Psicotrópicos.Abstract
Objective: To develop a reflection on the use of psychotropic drugs by users accompanied by the Family Health strategy, as well as the insertion and performance of nurses in this context. Method: Reflective study, based on scientific studies related to the theme and the theoretical perspective of Michel Foucault. Results: The biological reductionism of the medical model centered on symptoms favors the transformation of social problems into individual conflicts and the exposure of citizens to the adverse effects of excessive and often inappropriate treatments. Changes in culture, by determining changes in the understanding of subjectivity and in the relationship between the normal and the pathological, favor people to see themselves as sick. Conclusion: There has been an increased growth in the use of psychotropic drugs in Brazil and worldwide, as a result of social medicine, the influence of the media and the need to dissipate human deficits and suffering.