Abstract

SANTOS, Lyvia de Jesus et al. Hospitalization and home return: group dynamics in traumatic brain injury patients' perceptions. Rev. Psicol. Saúde [online]. 2017, vol.9, n.1, pp.125-137. ISSN 2177-093X.  https://doi.org/10.20435/pssa.v9i1.468.

This study seeks to understand traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients' perceptions concerning hospitalization and home return. It's a qualitative, empirical, interventional and group research, with data collection based on dynamic group that encouraged the participants to express in figures the feelings related to the object of study, and discuss about them. The sample included 10 individuals with TBI, registered at the Trauma Rehabilitation Program University Hospital of Sergipe. The data was categorized and interpreted based on the perspective of Freudian Psychoanalytic Theory. The results demonstrate that the process of host group is favorable to share the sufferings and face the process of becoming ill; the therapy group assists in the search for strategies to tackle family life; the acquired knowledge enables the relief of anxiety and contributes to face the daily difficulties and the increase in quality of life.

Keywords : traumatic brain injury; group psychotherapy; psychoanalysis; family relationships.

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