OBJETIVO: Investigar a associação de horas diárias de trabalho e de descanso com o uso de substâncias psicoativas entre motoristas profissionais de caminhão. MÉTODOS: Estudo transversal conduzido em 2016 com 354 motoristas profissionais de caminhão que aguardavam a inspeção da mercadoria transpo...
RESUMO. O processo de medicalização da nossa sociedade, na atualidade, acontece em várias direções, indicando que todo e qualquer tipo de mal-estar pode ser tratado com medicamentos. O objetivo da pesquisa foi compreender o início do uso dos psicotrópicos para superar os problemas enfrentados no c...
Ayahuasca is a South American psychoactive plant brew used as traditional medicine in spiritual and in cultural rituals. This is a review of the current understanding about the pharmacological mechanisms that may be interacting in ayahuasca. Searches were performed using PubMed, PsycINFO, and Web of Scie...
ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the discourse of psychoactive substance users undergoing treatment regarding their image of themselves as drug dependent subjects, of other dependents and the social position assumed by them. Method: qualitative study conducted between March and September of 2016 through ...
ABSTRACT Objective: To assess the health/functioning of the older adult who consumes psychoactive substances through the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health, considering the theory of complexity. Method: Qualitative case study, with 11 older adults, held between December ...
