THE GROUP OF VOICE HEARERS: MENTAL HEALTH CARE DEVICE
Abstract
Auditory hallucination is a phenomenon that is part of the lives of many people who are treated in the public mental health system of our country. In the daily life of a Psychosocial Care Center in a Brazilian capital, voice hearers frequently reported that they continued to suffer from hallucinatory experiences, even following the treatment prescribed by the health team. Considering this problem, a group was set up to deal with the phenomenon. This article aimed to analyze the experiences of this group. For this, the qualitative method was used, which involved the registration of sixty-two sessions in the form of a field diary, and the analysis of the corpus. The organization of the data occurred in three temporal spectra that structure group (psycho)therapies in general: “presentation”, “exchanges of experiences”, and “closure”; besides a dynamic aspect, called “therapeutic management”. The presentation promoted the setting of the participants and allowed the emergence of important themes, which were worked on during the session. By exchanging experiences, the members were able to understand some dynamics related to voices, and there was the promotion of certain therapeutic factors. The management served to tie the spectra together and ensured the fluidity of the activity. It is recommended the adoption of groups with this focus and format in mental health services, considering that they increase the capacity of care.Downloads
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