Avaliação de um modelo de intervenção em crise no uso de substâncias psicoativas

Abstract

This work aim is to contribute for the Kosmicare evaluation program, which intervenes on crisis related to the use of psychoactive drugs. It takes place in a big trance festival that is held every two years during summer time in Portugal. The collected data for this study are from the 2010 edition of this festival. The evaluation of this program is made as much trough the process evaluation, which goal is to comprehend if the intervention has occurred as planned, as well as the outcomes evaluation which alloud us to prove if the intervention has been able to achieve his goals. The evaluation method adopted is mixed to achieve a broader perception of the phenomena (Ramos, 2006). Therefore, we’ve used the descriptive statistic as well as the content analysis in the data treatment. The Kosmicare evaluation gave us the chance to verify that programs of this kind are beyond a service for intervention in crisis related with the use of psychoactive drugs. In this particular context of intervention the crisis conception is much more wide and multidetermined due to the different type of crisis and situations which programs have to give response: crisis related to the intentional or accidental use of psychoactive drugs, mental crisis with or without the use of psychoactive substances, personal crisis without use of psychoactive substances and situations not related to any sort of crisis. Considered an unexplored field, there is no consent about the space of the crisis intervention in the context of the different levels, already known, for the field of the use of psychoactive drugs. The results of this work give strenght to the ideia that this programs of crisis intervention are programs for promotion and risk preventing to health and mental health, associated to the use of psychoactive drugs in recreational contexts.

Date of Award	Jun 2012
Original language	Portuguese
Awarding Institution	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Supervisor	Raquel Matos (Supervisor) & Maria Carmo Carvalho (Supervisor)