Salud Mental y prácticas no convencionales : aproximaciones acerca del uso de prácticas consideradas alternativas o complementarias al modelo sanitario occidental, desde la perspectiva de los sujetos que las utilizan / Denise Chaumont.

Tesis - Maestría en Salud Mental - Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas. Facultad de Psicología, 2015

Objetivo general: El estudio se efectuó con el objetivo de conocer y analizar las motivaciones de los usuarios de prácticas consideradas alternativas o complementarias al modelo sanitario occidental, en las localidades de La Falda, Huerta Grande y Villa Giardino, en la provincia de Córdoba, Argentina. Aspectos metodológicos: El diseño metodológico responde a una modalidad de Investigación Cualitativa, flexible y emergente, consecuente con el propósito de re construir el sentido atribuido por el sujeto a su experiencia en el uso de una práctica no convencional. La obtención del material empírico se efectuó en dos momentos. En un primer momento se utilizó un Cuestionario semi estructurado de autoadministración, con el objeto de hacer una aproximación inicial al campo de estudio. El instrumento, conformado por ocho ítems, se distribuyó en distintos sectores de la comunidad seleccionados por criterios de accesibilidad. A partir del análisis de los cuestionarios, se seleccionó aquellos en que se distinguían respuestas explayadas, asumiendo que se trataba de un indicador de mayor predisposición, convocando a esos encuestados para relatar su experiencia a través de entrevistas. La selección de los restantes entrevistados se realizó con la técnica Bola de Nieve, cuyo número emergente se determinó por saturación conformando un corpus de catorce entrevistas.

ABSTRACT: General goal/aim: the study has been made aiming to understand and analyze the motivations of the practices' users which are considered alternatives and complementaries to the Western sanitary model, in the locations of La Falda, Huerta Grande and Villa Giardino, located in the province of Córdoba, Argentina. Methodological aspect: the methodological design comes in response to a modality of qualitative, flexible and emergent research, consequent to the purpose of reconstruct the meaning given by the subject's experience in the use of a non-conventional practice. The obtainment of the empiric material was made in two moments. At first, a semi structured quiz of self-administration was used to make an initial approach to the study field. The instrument, which consisted of eight items, was distributed in different sectors of the community selected by the accessibility criteria. From the quizzes' analysis, those in which there were extended answers were selected, assuming that it was an indicator of increased predisposition, convening those polled to tell their experience through interviews. The selection of the others interviewed was made using the technique called 'Bola de Nieve' (snowball), which emergent number was determined by saturation, conforming a corpus of fourteen interviews. Results: there is no evidence of an exclusionary use of non-conventional or conventional practices, but both uses coexit depending on if the subjects are facing illnesses with more or less gravity. The health's preservation is located in the natural side, while the harmful to the body is associated with the artificial. There is a tendency to comprehensive approach of health, that's why the doctor-patient relationship of the Western-allopathic attention model is questioned. The autonomous exercise and the health's care are priorities, as well as the approach to spirituality.