Therapeutic Communities: the construction of an asylum and prohibitionist policy

Authors

  • Juliana Desiderio Lobo Prudencio Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF)
  • Laís Santos Theodoro Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF)
  • Victoria Lavignia de Oliveira Baqueiro Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47456/argumentum.v15i3.40033

Abstract

This article presents a study on the National Policy on Mental Health, Alcohol and Other Drugs, showing how Brazilian Therapeutic Communities (TCs) form part of the care provided to drug users in Brazil. This is a documentary analysis of regulations, based on a bibliographical review. We observed that the TCs gained strength in a variety of political, social and economic scenarios, especially after 2015, and became the main institutions for the care of drug users financed by the public purse. We further note that TCs represent a call to the logic of the asylum. They are prohibitionist, and detain drug users, mostly men, black, and poor, under the logic of abstinence, forced labour, religiosity and discipline.

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Author Biographies

Juliana Desiderio Lobo Prudencio, Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF)

Assistente Social. Doutora em Política Social. Docente no Departamento de Serviço Social, da Universidade Federal Fluminense. (UFF, Campos, Brasil).

Laís Santos Theodoro , Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF)

Discente do Curso de Serviço Social, da Universidade Federal Fluminense. (UFF, Campos, Brasil).

Victoria Lavignia de Oliveira Baqueiro, Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)

Assistente Social. Residente em Serviço Social na Saúde Mental pela Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro. (UERJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil).

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Published

30-09-2023

How to Cite

Prudencio, J. D. L., Theodoro , L. S., & Baqueiro, V. L. de O. (2023). Therapeutic Communities: the construction of an asylum and prohibitionist policy. Argumentum, 15(3), 141–155. https://doi.org/10.47456/argumentum.v15i3.40033

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 3 (2023): Mental health in times of crisis: im(pertinent) refletions

Section

Thematic Articles

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