A DEPENDÊNCIA QUÍMICA E SEU IMPACTO SOBRE A FAMÍLIA DO DEPENDENTE

Abstract

This work analyzes the impact of chemical dependence on families that have addicted members, verifying how importance is psychological monitoring to prevent the disorders of those impacts. To develop it, a literature review on chemical dependence and the impact on family members of drug addiction was conducted, as well as a documentary research from reports published on the news portals that show this subject, the families affected by chemical dependency, and wich strategies they had find to minimize those impacts. Among these strategies was verified that some families of the interviewees in the reports had psychological follow-up and reported difference or importance of having this support. It is remarkable that the interviewed families do not realize their need for various forms of support, including psychological support.