ADJUSTMENTS AND DYNAMICS OF WOMEN-MOTHERS DURING THEIR DRUG DEPENDENCE TRAJECTORY

Abstract

Introduction: Drug abuse directly affects family relationships, interfering with established ties for support and safe relationships, gained over the family life. Objective: To analyze the family dynamics of women-mothers, before, during and after the interaction with drugs. Methods: A qualitative, exploratory and descriptive study using semi-structured interviews with women-mothers admitted to a Petrolina recovery center. Results: In the period previous to drug abuse, family relationships were referred to as good, as opposed to the period of drug addiction context in which naturalization of life on the street, theft, prostitution and child sexual exploitation were present as ways to enable their habit. Family rejection was present, which changed with the admission of the interviewees to the center, when the possibility of family reconstitution was addressed. Conclusion: Family participation in the treatment and care of the drug addict was essential to strengthen the approach towards affective relationships and taking away the stigma and prejudice so prevalent in society. It is also necessary that health professionals, especially nurses be aware and promote the integration of care and caregiver and know the family and the family context in which they live to implement more effective care.