Journal Article

Occupational performance of adolescents drug users 1

Pereira, Andrea Ruzzi, Menezes, Ana Laura Costa

2019

Overview

According to the World Health Organization (WORLD..., 2014), a drug is any substance not produced by the body with the property to act on one or more systems, altering its functioning, and enabling the alteration of perception, mood, and sensations (BRASIL, 2014). According to the literature, the absence or the non-compliance of enforcement of the alcohol sale for individuals under 18 years old can also be a risk factor for its use (DALPI AZ et al., 2014; PASUCH; OLIVEIRA, 2014). [...]this study aimed to describe and analyze the occupational performance of female adolescents in periods before, during and after discontinuation of drug use. Realism was the etymological and ontological reference use, which relates experiences, meanings, and the reality of the participants, recognizing how individuals make sense of their experience and how the broader social context is presented in these meanings, keeping the focus on material and other limits of reality. [...]realistic research presupposes that the world has a natural truth that is knowable and real, discovered through experience and research (BRAUN; CLARKE, 2006).

• Publisher: Federal University of Sao Carlos (UFSCar), Department of Occupational Therapy
• Subject: Activities of daily living / Adolescence / Alcohol / Child development / Data collection / Drug use / Occupations / Rehabilitation / Teenagers