Abstract

CARIAS, Antonio Richard  and  GRANATO, Tânia Mara Marques. Professional Care for Family Members of Alcohol Dependents in the CAPs AD. Estud. pesqui. psicol. [online]. 2023, vol.23, n.2, pp. 689-706.  Epub May 03, 2024. ISSN 1808-4281.  http://dx.doi.org/10.12957/epp.2023.77707.

Family members of alcohol dependents live intense emotional suffering that makes them vulnerable to the point of needing professional care. In Brazil, the Psychosocial Care Center for Alcohol and Drugs (CAPSad) is the public service of reference in psychosocial care for users of alcohol and other drugs. Based upon the lack of studies on interventions for family members of alcohol dependents in the CAPSad, contrasting with the profusion of works that deal with the dependent or the public policies that support the service, we elaborated three hypotheses about this gap. The first one proposes that at the center of this abscense of specific therapeutic modalities there is the idea that care for family members in the CAPSad is the same and does not depend on the peculiarities of each psychoactive substance. The second hypothesis derives from the fact that the constant threat of annihilation of the CAPSad themselves and the struggle for their survival would compromise the development of increasingly specialized interventions. At last, the hypothesis that the greater demand for assistance from multiple substance users would dismantle the proposal of interventions with family members of alcohol dependents. We expect that this study will contribute to the development of interventions in accord with the needs of this audience.

Keywords : alcohol abuse; family health; family therapy; psychiatric reform..

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