Psychiatric hospitalization of alcoholists from rural areas in a general hospital: expectations of families - Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem

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Psychiatric hospitalization of alcoholists from rural areas in a general hospital: expectations of families

Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 10-21-2019;72(6):1442-1449

DOI: 10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0710

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ABSTRACT

Objective:

to know the expectations of family members of alcoholics living in rural areas under treatment in a Psychiatric Hospitalization Unit.

Method:

qualitative research, through interviews with 15 relatives of alcoholics living in rural areas and hospitalized in a Psychiatric Unit. Information was interpreted in the light of Phenomenological Sociology.

Results:

two concrete categories emerged: Expectations that the family member quits using alcohol and Projects of family members for the alcoholic after discharge. Relatives expected the alcoholic to maintain abstinence and planned post-discharge care, which involved everything from welcoming them to projects with a prospect of control or even fear of not being able to care for the alcoholic.

Final considerations:

most participants have positive expectations regarding psychiatric hospitalization, but some relatives are not confident about caring for the alcoholic and mentioned alternatives such as hiring a caregiver or nursing homes.

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