IN SEARCH OF TO THE SUFFERING: FAMILY MEMBERS EXPERIENCES DURING DEPRESIÓN FACING PROCESS

Abstract

Several factors make difficult to have an early depression diagnosis. This research had the purpose to describe how the persons affected by depression and their families, experience the process of searching for help while suffering by this illness. It is an ethnographic study developed through participant observation with 13 families affected by depression. The search of a solution related to suffering, is the central theme that emerged from the narratives and retracts the coping process of the families. The depression causes suffering and the professional is responsible for the early diagnosis and treatment.