Psychosocial Care Centers – alcohol and drugs: users’ profile

Abstract

The study aimed to describe the profile of clients being treated in the CAPSad of the Triângulo Mineiro region of Minas Gerais. A cross-sectional study, the sample was 369 clients being treated. We used an instrument containing sociodemographic variables and about care in CAPSad; psychoactive substances used throughout life and in the last month; age of initial use of psychoactive substances; hospitalization and medication resulting from the use; time and modality of treatment. Descriptive statistical analysis and Student's t-tests, non-parametric Mann-Whitney, parametric analysis of variance (ANOVA-F), and Dunn's multiple comparisons were performed. There was a higher percentage of men (80.5%), age between 41 and 60 years (45.8%), without partner (55.2%), incomplete elementary school (38.4%), unemployed (34.7%) and in treatment between 1 and 5 years (62.9%). Alcohol was the most used substance throughout life (89.7%) and in the last month (77.8%). This study reinforces the need to rescue autonomy, social reintegration, work with social value, citizenship rights based on specialized and individualized attention. Social support networks, intersectoriality and the articulation of the Psychosocial Attention Networks should be the basis of the transformation so that these issues are concretized in the care practice.