Abstract

OLIVEIRA, Eliany Nazaré et al. Crack consumption: characteristics of users undergoing treatment at a Psychosocial Alcohol-Drug Attention Center. SMAD, Rev. Eletrônica Saúde Mental Álcool Drog. (Ed. port.) [online]. 2019, vol.15, n.4, pp. 1-8. ISSN 1806-6976.  http://dx.doi.org/10.11606/issn.1806-6976.smad.2019.152138.

OBJECTIVE: to characterize the sociodemographic and clinical profile of crack users attended at the Center for Psychosocial Care for Alcohol and Other Drugs (Caps AD) of a municipality in the northwestern mesoregion in the State of Ceará. METHOD: this is an exploratory-descriptive, documental and retrospective study of a quantitative approach, carried out in Caps AD, in 2014, using a form developed based on the Caps AD Reception Roadmap. RESULTS: the study found the majority of crack users were men, with an average age of 25 years, singles and had not finished elementary school. CONCLUSION: the present study contributes for the health professional to know the profile, reality and challenges to be faced for this population, in which these results are based on strategies for disease prevention, health promotion and interventions based on Harm Reduction Strategies.

Keywords : Drug Users; Mental Health Services; Cocaine; Drug; Psychosocial Support Systems.

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