O estigma e a representação social do dependente químico: um estudo sobre a relação entre o dependente e seus familiares

Abstract

In this article we search the way witch the family perceives the chemical dependent. The intent is to investigate how the social group unsdertands currently, as well as the social marks infringed on them, along its trajectories in the midst of the degradation and recovery process. Our study was performed with a dependent who has been coming for long years trying to lose the stigma of stoned and incapacitated with the family, between the period from july 2013 to april 2017, in the cities of Mosqueiro/PA, Igarassu/PE, Camaragibe/PE e Macapá/AP.