A espiritualidade e a religiosidade na recuperação de dependentes químicos

Abstract

The present research proposes to investigate the influence of religiosity and spirituality in the recuperation of chemical dependents in abstinence, as well as to understand which factors are noted like important in the recuperation, noticing if there s some positive influence of spirituality development in the chemical dependents recuperation, in addition to research on literature about the importance of spirituality development on the mental health. This study adopted the quality and quantify methodologies, and the sample was composed of 10 (ten) chemical dependents in recuperation. The instruments used were: a short demographic-social protocol, a scale of religious spiritual coping (RCE) and an individual questionnaire, half-structure, created by author. The results obtained in this study demonstrate that 70% of the interviewed attribute the religiosity/spirituality as the main factor to reach and keep abstinent. In general, according to others researches made in this area and the finds of this study, it is evident the necessity of include spirituality/religiosity to conventional health treatments, not just like a coadjutant item of treatment, but like an indispensable item for human well-being, in all your appearances and dimensions.