INTERAÇÃO ENTRE RELIGIÃO E DEPRESSÃO SOB A ÓTICA DO PROFISSIONAL DA SAÚDE, COM ÊNFASE NA SAÚDE MENTAL E ENFERMAGEM

Abstract

The object of study is the role of nurse practitioners with clients affected with depression, in contexts where religion plays an important role. In general, aims to inform, with the knowledge of the sciences of religions, the action of the nurse in the treatment of depression and religion contribute to the expansion of opportunities for autonomy of the client take care of themselves. Its main objective is to describe current strategies of managing patients with depression, based on the scientific literature, emphasizing measures related to spirituality and religiosity. This work is justified by the need to evaluate the nursing care and other health professionals with the individual with depression interacting with their faith. The research arose from the need to account for the question: how nurse practitioners and other health professionals with patients with depression has used faith as an aid in the treatment of these clients? His basic methodology was qualitative research, the subjects consisted of 11 adult clients in the municipality of Itaperuna - RJ. Was used for the production of a form of identification data of the customer based on medical records and questionnaires. Working the context of interaction between religion and depression from the perspective of nursing care leads us to reflect on a possible way to learning related to patients, allowing us to recognize the possible models of care inherent in the universe of each patient. Respect and value the uniqueness of each individual's ethical condition necessary for co-construction of care and analysis, with a view to better performance in the treatment and care of basic nursing and multidisciplinary team developed in the context of the basic units of CAPS, hospital outpatient and household.