Psychological stress and mental health of indigenous Guarani-Mbyá São Paulo: an experience report / Saúde mental e sofrimento psíquico de indígenas Guarani-Mbyá de São Paulo: um relato de experiência

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2011

RESUMO

This is a report of a psychological experience in a Guarani-Mbyá indigenous community. It specifically reports a psychological intervention in the community and describes the psychological tactics that were used and the importance of the establishment of the setting and the emotional relational field in this psychotherapeutic experience. It was a four years experience, till 2009, held in a Guarani community located at Parelheiros, in the São Paulo metropolitan region. Here, it is reported two group intervention, called oficina, one of them with children, and the other with adolescents and young adults; it too describes two individual interventions: one for a psychotic young male and the other for a woman with behavior disorder. The common aspect in these four interventions is the presence of the so-called ambiguity. The ambiguity among them, and the related psychological stress, is shown as difficulties in the construction of ones self identity that appeared in verbal and non verbal expressions and graphic materials. They are torn between the rarely conscious desire of maintaining their cultural expression (language, customs, kinship concepts, religious notions) and the patterns of a non- indigenous society. This ambiguity appears in the emotional relational field of the psychotherapeutic context. There are ups and downs in the process and the comprehension of them is fundamental to maintain and improve the individual and group interventions. The psychoanalytical approach used in this experience was useful for the comprehension and treatment of the Psychological Stress and Mental Health of Indigenous Guarani- Mbyá

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aconselhamento psicoterapêutico community psychology grupos operativos guarani indians identidade identity Índios guarani mental health operative groups psicologia comunitária psychoterapeutic counseling saúde mental setting (psicanálise) setting (psychoanalysis)

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