A abordagem do adolescente em uso abusivo de substâncias psicoativas pelos profissionais da Unidade Básica de Saúde Izabel Araújo

Abstract

The drug abuse is an old procedure in the history of mankind and is a serious public health problem with serious consequences for the future of adolescents and young people and the whole society. Adolescence is a period of transition from childhood to adulthood, is at this stage we are seeking to belong to a group with which one identifies. Teenager to become well accepted, let themselves be influenced by ideas and attitudes of the group to which it belongs. The onset of drug use may be related to problems such as lack of schools, repetition, learning difficulties, shyness, family problems among others. Its objective is to develop a proposal for action to approach the adolescent abuse of psychoactive substances by health professionals from primary care unit IzabelAraújo. We performed a literature review on the topic in the Virtual Library of Health and the manuals for the Ministry of Health to support the development of the proposed action. The literature review led us to conclude that drug abuse does not choose social class, and now a public health problem that must be dealt by the health teams of the family, within the family context.