A saúde mental na inserção social da pessoa com cegueira adquirida

 

MARIA JOÃO SILVEIRA (*)

ARMÉNIO SEQUEIRA (*)

 

RESUMO

As problemáticas dos processos de inserção das pessoas com deficiência constituem hoje tema de discursos políticos e sociais, mas também assunto de profundo interesse de estudiosos e investigadores das áreas das ciências humanas e sociais.

Diferentes trabalhos mostram a importância de investigações onde a diferenciação dos contextos e das deficiências sejam preocupação de relevo. A cegueira, neste quadro, apresenta especificidades que importa melhor conhecer para intervir.

Realçam-se, neste estudo, os factores de controlo pessoal sobre as envolventes físicas, sociais e económicas.

Por outro lado, a cegueira parece induzir mais vulnerabilidade à ansiedade, dificuldades adaptação social e depressão que, quando se prolongam, parecem provocar consideráveis níveis de dependência e isolamento.

Face a tal quadro numa maior atenção ao confronto dos quadros psicológicos e funcionais no processo de reabilitação parece impor-se.

Palavras-chave: Cegueira, processos de inserção, processo de reabilitação, quadros psicológicos, quadros funcionais.

 

ABSTRACT

In nowadays the social inclusion process of people with disability is a recurrent topic in political and social speeches. Scholars and Investigators from the field of human and social sciences have also shown a profound interest in this subject.

Several studies have showed us the importance of considering the particularities of different environments and different disabilities. For better working with blind people its is of the outmost interest to know the special features of blindness such as personal control over physical, social and economical environments.

On the other hand, blindness seems to increase vulnerability to anxiety, sicial adaptation problems and depression. When these difficulties prevail they seem to enhance the degree of dependence and isolation.

There for, during the rehabilitation process, an increased attention to the psychological and functional domains is due.

Key words: Blindness, insertion process, rehabilitation process, psychological domain, functional domain.

 

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(*) Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada, Lisboa.