Uma leitura fenomenológico-hermenêutica do fenômeno da prescrição de psicofármacos na Atenção Psicossocial (CAPSad)

Abstract

This Master's thesis proposes a phenomenological hermeneutic understanding of the prevalence of utilizing psychotropic drugs in Brazilian Psychosocial Care, more specifically at CAPSad. This thesis aims to introduce and suggest the implementation of specific contributions from the phenomenological hermeneutic research method, formulated by the philosopher Martin Heidegger. This method is concerned with Heidegger's existential analysis about man as 'Dasein,' a theory that reveals the world in the scope of the 'provocation' and 'control of beings.' These characteristics are also intrinsic to scientific understanding. The provocative reveal of the composition (Gestell) is present in the forms of treatment of what is known in the Western world as madness, illness, and mental disorder, since the 'mental asylum' model, in which the prescription of psychiatric drugs was imperative even in substitute devices, such as CAPSad. Therefore, it is relevant to question the incisive prescription of psychotropic drugs in Psychosocial Care. This is due to the increasing use of the pathologization of patients and their 'correction' through psychotropic drugs. This correction, which occurs incisively, does not contribute to a therapeutic approach that promotes the patient's freedom; it instead allows them to take responsibility for their existence.