Hearing other voices: the story of relatives about the living with the psychiatric patient

Abstract

We present on this article some findings from a study on the therapeutic itinerary of a psychiatric patient through his verbal history of life using the anthropological approach, in which we had as priority the narratives of the subjects to obtain the individual's living experience. It was adopted a descriptive, qualitative methodology centered on the analysis of the narratives from the person in psychic suffering and it was complemented by his relatives. Data collection consisted of interviews and participative observation. Themes as loneliness, routine and difficulty of living with the disease encircled these moments and guided the discussion of the results.