Medicalização da infância: produções de sentido sobre o discurso de profissionais de saúde

Abstract

Childhood medicalization: productions of meaning on the discourse of health professionals. This study aimed to understand which senses are attributed to the medicalization of care recommended to mental health in childhood by professionals who serve children and adolescents in health services. For this investigation, the methodology it was used the Discourse Analysis, thus giving visibility to the productions of meaning of each patient. The aim of this study was to understand the reasons that emerge in the speech of these professionals, when questioned, through semi-structured interviews, about the ways of care destined for childhood in relation to medicine’s treatment. The findings show that the medications are pointed out as the first form of care intended for childhood. The logic that was found in this research points to the use of medicines as a means to supply the absence of one of the family figures, as well as access to information that would call into check for consumption, the pharmaceutical industry and mental health.