A utilização abusiva e indiscriminada de psicofármacos na estratégia saúde da família na zona rural do município de Limoeiro de Anadia - Alagoas

Abstract

The goal of this work is the conception of an intervention project to decrease the overuse of psychotropics in a Health Family Unit in the contryside of the county Limoeiro de Anadia in Alagoas. The identified problem was prioritized by means of situational diagnosis, presenting the following main issues: easy access to the psychotropics; lack of information about the necessity and the consequences of the abuse of psychotropics; and socioeconomic issues. To tackle this problem, the following measures were suggested: monitoring the distribution and access to the psychotropics; providing information about the mental disorders and their proper treatment; work procedure eficcient and qualified, enabling the team to approach properly the patients with mental disorders; occupational therapy as a way of nonpharmacological treatment. The main idea is to utilize the method fo Situational Strategical Planning (SSP) to prepare, select and prioritize the main issues, using the databases of Caribean and Latin America Literature in Health Science (LILACS), MEDLINE, PUMED and Scielo. The main challenge is to achieve the positive results aimed and expected with this intervention project, trying to clarify to the users the benefits and prejudices the psychotropics can cause to the organism, once that to have quality of life and health promotion is mandatory that the patient is psychologically stable and balanced.