A percepção de jovens adultos na vivência de sua primeira internação psiquiátrica

Abstract

Objective: To analyze the experience of young adults in the first psychiatric hospitalization. Method: A qualitative, exploratory and descriptive study conducted in a psychiatric inpatient unit located in the central region of RS. The data production occurred in the period from November to December 2018, through semi-structured interviews with 5 users who had their first psychiatric hospitalization. Results: From the analysis emerged two categories and their respective subcategories: Feelings related to hospitalization, the daily in the hospitalization: the arrival, activities / workshops, mechanical restraint and smoking in the hospitalization. Conclusion: From the experiences that emerge from psychiatric hospitalization, it is necessary to rethink and reinforce some of the care provided in daily life, in order to intensify and / or change work processes, a path for this purpose may be permanent education in health services. It is hoped that this study will provide improvements in the hospitalization units and that it will serve as a reflection for health professionals and students who support the process of deinstitutionalization.