Uma revisão narrativa sobre o cuidado e a convivência de pessoas adultas com sofrimento psíquico e suas famílias

Abstract

The research was made in a literature review format of the narrative type. The research objective is to narrate and to understand aspects about the impact of live and take care of people with psychic suffering described in the literature. The data collection sought to characterize the studies presented in articles published in the Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde (BVS) Database, using as descriptors: "mental health care in the family". As criteria for inclusion in the study, only complete articles were considered and published in Portuguese. However, the exclusion criteria were: articles from periodicals not published in Brazil; review article; Thesis or Dissertation; Experience Report; and scientific productions that approached the care of families with children. The data were divided into analysis categories according to narrative analysis. It established categories related to the care and living together of people with psychic suffering and their families: who are the caregivers or relatives of people with psychic suffering; what is caring, from the perspective of family members; how is the daily life of relatives; is there an overload in the care of people with psychic suffering. The aim of this research was to present a review of the literature on mental health by the bias of the care and coexistence of people with psychic suffering and their families, where the mother appears as the main caregiver, having high overload, sometimes disease processes.