Family, mental disease and HIV/AIDS infection

Abstract

This study was carried out with family members of patients with mental disorders and infected by HIV/AIDS with the objective of understanding how families live the double social exclusion of mental disease and HIV infection and how they organize themselves in caring for these people. Social exclusion is marked by a state of needs and vulnerability of individuals who do not fit in the standards dictated by society. For their part, the act of carrying has the basic purpose of the continuity of the species, and the main nucleus is the family. The methodology used was case studies. Data was collected through consulting patient records and semi-structured interviews. The data was analyzed based on discourse. The results showed that the reality of the families studied is marked by prejudice, social exclusion and overload in care. What is necessary is support from services and health workers willing to be close to the family, listening and helping to create strategies for social inclusion.