Users and family members after reporting the diagnosis of psychiatric disorders:

walking comprehension

Abstract

This research is part of the field of Psychology of Health and the research line Psychology and Phenomenology, FAPSI / UFAM / CNPq Laboratory of Phenomenological-Existential Psychology. The object of study is the experiences of patients diagnosed with psychiatric disorders and their relatives and / or companions inserted in the mental health system in the city of Manaus. The experience of communicating

the diagnosis of a mental disorder implies a series of emotional issues that mobilize the affected person and their relatives and / or companions in the sense of questioning their own existence. Psychiatric disorders are an example of a chronic health condition that has a progressive and incapacitating course, which constitutes a public health problem and poses a huge challenge to the care and psychosocial adjustment of the patient, and little research has been done on the conception that users and their families diagnosis communication. This study aims to understand the perception of communication of the diagnosis of psychiatric disorders of users and their relatives in light of the philosophy of Martin Heidegger - meanings and meanings in speeches. It is a study based on the qualitative approach of research, using the phenomenological method of research in Psychology with descriptive and exploratory character and the analysis of the interviews used the thought of Martin Heidegger. Recorded audio interview was used, starting from a guiding question, with its possible unfolding after being enunciated. Participants were 16 users and 3 family members. Two categories and sub-categories were extracted from the study: 1. Communication of the diagnosis: I refuse to accept the veredict; 2. Being-with-the-other: the experience of support and non-support. It is concluded that from the communication of the diagnosis of psychiatric disorder, a series of elements are present that redimension the existence of users and family members monitored by a mental health intitution, which characterizes the multidimensionality of the being in the face of facticity.