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0161/2021 - RELIGIOUS THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITIES: BETWEEN SALVATION BY FAITH AND THE DENIAL OF ITS PRINCIPLES
COMUNIDADES TERAPÊUTICAS RELIGIOSAS: ENTRE A SALVAÇÃO PELA FÉ E A NEGAÇÃO DOS SEUS PRINCÍPIOS

Author:

• Giovanna Bardi - Bardi, G. - <giovanna.bardi@ufes.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4711-3814

Co-author(s):

• Maria Lúcia Teixeira Garcia - Garcia, M.L.T. - <lucia-garcia@uol.com.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2672-9310


Abstract:

The growth of therapeutic communities in Brazil points to a return to the asylum paradigm, with public funding for hospitalizations based on labor therapy and religious conversion. In Espírito Santo, the relationship between these institutions and government sectors has expanded since 2013. Given this scenario, we aim to analyze, through this qualitative research, the role of religious therapeutic communities in the treatment of individuals who make problematic use of drugs, focusing on the impact of the religious methods employed in these places. For this, we conducted semi-structured interviews with 28 individuals who were treated in these places. The interviews were carried out for six months and subsequently transcribed in full. The data were analyzed using Discourse Analysis. The subjects speeches oscillated: 13 reported that institutions had an important role in their treatment processes and pointed out that religious methods helped them; and 15 argued that institutions were not efficient in their treatment processes and that religious methods contributed nothing. The study elucidated the need for inspection of these institutions, as well as reflection on their suitability as publicly funded places for the treatment of the drug user population.

Keywords:

Therapeutic Community, Drug Users, Mental Health, Religion.

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Bardi, G., Garcia, M.L.T.. RELIGIOUS THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITIES: BETWEEN SALVATION BY FAITH AND THE DENIAL OF ITS PRINCIPLES. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2021/May). [Citado em 21/04/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/religious-therapeutic-communities-between-salvation-by-faith-and-the-denial-of-its-principles/18060?id=18060



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