Adolescentes em semiliberdade: consumo de álcool e outras drogas e atendimento em uma unidade do interior do estado de São Paulo

• Autor(a) principal: Teixeira, Patrícia Santos [UNESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/110475
• topic: Brasil [Estatuto da criança e do adolescente (1990)]; Drogas - Consumo - São Paulo (Estado); Adolescentes

The use of psychoactive substances (PS), both legal and illegal, is seen as a risky behavior for children and adolescents, which is usually associated with antisocial and/or criminal behavior (i.e. against the law). Research has shown that the use of PS and criminal offense are closely related. Such behavior, present in family life, school life and in society as a whole, raises discussions and concernsparents and educators,becoming a serious social issue as a result. A way to deal with this issue is to conduct a brief intervention (BI), a prevention strategy aiming to reduce and/or stop the consumption of PS, as well as to raise the individual’s awareness of the consequences of his/her offenses. From this perspective, a partnership with a semi-freedom health care center was formed, where there was the training of professionals who work with children and adolescents complying with socio-educational measures from Brazil’s Statute of the Child and Adolescent (SCA). The identification of the pattern of the use of alcohol and other drugs by these adolescents was carried out, and a BI was conducted to raise the young individual’s awareness of the use of drugs and offense. The results of the qualitative and quantitative survey show that the professionals work in compliance with the SCA, which means they are capable of enforcing the rights of adolescents. However, the health center hinders the individuals’ autonomy. With regard to the adolescents complying withsocio-educational measures, school plays an important role to prevent the consumption of PS and criminal behavior, and the use of these substances is one of the causes that lead to school failure.Nevertheless, the background of the adolescents on the survey shows they are out of school, socially and economically underprivileged and have no prospects, which significantly increases the vulnerability of this group.