AS IMPLICAÇÕES DO ENCARCERAMENTO NA SAÚDE MENTAL DE ADOLESCENTES E JOVENS EM PRIVAÇÃO DE LIBERDADE

Abstract

This final course assignment has as a general objective to understand the implication of incarcerated for the mental health of young adolescents deprived of liberty in the city of João Pessoa and as specific objectives to identify which are the adolescents and young people in compliance with a socio-educational measure of deprivation of liberty that present mental suffering; To characterize the main sufferings experienced by those adolescents and young people in the socio-educational units; To understand when these sufferings arose if they appeared after the fulfillment of the measure and what worsened after deprivation; The role of units in the production of suffering; and to analyze the role of relationships built within the units of socio-education and their reflection for mental health The research consists of two studies, the first on the documents that guarantee and effectuate the rights of these subjects and the other was a field survey with 5 adolescents and young people who were complying with socio-educational measures of internment A semi-structured interview was used for data collection, covering sociodemographic data and questions aimed at answering the proposed objectives For data analysis, Minayo's perspective in the thematic content analysis was used The results revealed thematic classes such as expressions of suffering; types of suffering; emergences of sufferings; the role of units in producing suffering; and relationships at units From the analysis, it was found that there is indeed suffering resulting from incarcerated isonment, manifested as anxieties, sadness, anger, drug and medication use, and that the units and the relationships built in them contribute to the worsening of mental health. This final course assignment is expected to give visibility to the subject, contribute academically to the discussion, help create public policies for this audience, and help in the training of psychology professionals trained to work at the units.