GROUP OF CLINICAL-NUTRITIONAL ORIENTATION TO THE FAMILY OF BEARERS OF ALIMENTARY DISORDERS THE “GRATA” EXPERIENCE

Abstract

The treatment of the alimentary problems should involve multiple approaches from the clinical, nutritional, psychological and psychiatric point of view developed by a multi and interdisciplinary team. In this context, GRATA, along 20 years as a specialized service in the assistance of these diseases, is improving and growing with the number of professionals, what enabled the increasing of the intervention modalities, offering support and orientation for the family, besides the own bearer. To do so, it organized a group of parents and companions that is divided into two moments: the first coordinated by a nutritionist and a resident of Medicine, and the second coordinated by two psychologists, characterized as opened groups, held weekly and lasting one hour eac and in the day of the assistance.In these four years of experience, it was evidenced a better adhesion of patient and family to the treatment as a whole, with average attendance of 8 people in a group. In the clinical-nutritional vision, a more favorable evolution was noticed, besides the recognition and gratitude expressed when they also feel cared. On the other hand, the demand of investments in the mental welfare of its professionals is of extreme importance and happens by means of training and incentive to the collecting of internal resources of the coordinators and of the team as a whole, which get together weekly for the supervision of the groups, of the cases attended individually and of the team. Despite the obstacles faced, inherent to such a complex and challenger treatment, these several views of professionals involved have enabled a Thankful (GRATA) experience.