Abstract

CORRADI-WEBSTER, Clarissa Mendonça; LEAO, Eduardo Augusto  and  RUFATO, Lívia Sicaroni. Collaborating in the trajectory of recovery in mental health: hearing voice group. Nova perspect. sist. [online]. 2018, vol.27, n.61, pp. 22-34. ISSN 0104-7841.

The experience of hearing voices is common in the general population and is very common among users of mental health services. Traditionally, psychiatric treatment focused its efforts on eliminating these, paying little attention to the experience itself. Even with the use of medication, many people continue to hear voices and do not find space to talk and reflect on this experience. The purpose of this article is to describe the experience of working with a Hearing Voices Group and to analyze how the participants live with the voices phenomenon and their experiences with the group. An experience report was carried out regarding the proposal and participation of a Hearing Voices Group and thematic analysis of 10 memory reports of group meetings was conducted. The described group is open, takes place weekly and is of one-hour duration, with people with this experience and professionals participating. The people with this experience that had been in the group longer are responsible for performing the group contract. In the meetings, the relationships with the voices are shared, from the reporting of their characteristics to the strategies that are being developed to improve the relationship with them. The group was highlighted by the people with this experience as a space to construct support networks, beyond the moments of the group meetings. For the professionals, the group helped them to get closer to the experiences of the users of the service, helping them to be agents that collaborate in the trajectory of recovery of the people with this experience.

Keywords : mental health; recovery; hearing voices.

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