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The Perceptions of Women About Their High Experience of Using Crack Cocaine

INTRODUCTION: The aim of this study was to explore the perceptions of women about their experience in using crack cocaine, discussing their motivations for using it and the repercussions in their lives. OBJECTIVE: To investigate these experiences, a qualitative exploratory study was conducted, using...

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Autores principales: Tractenberg, Saulo G., Schneider, Jaluza A., de Mattos, Bernardo P., Bicca, Carla H. M., Kluwe-Schiavon, Bruno, de Castro, Thiago G., Habigzang, Luísa F., Grassi-Oliveira, Rodrigo
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9098819/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35573329
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.898570
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author Tractenberg, Saulo G.
Schneider, Jaluza A.
de Mattos, Bernardo P.
Bicca, Carla H. M.
Kluwe-Schiavon, Bruno
de Castro, Thiago G.
Habigzang, Luísa F.
Grassi-Oliveira, Rodrigo
author_facet Tractenberg, Saulo G.
Schneider, Jaluza A.
de Mattos, Bernardo P.
Bicca, Carla H. M.
Kluwe-Schiavon, Bruno
de Castro, Thiago G.
Habigzang, Luísa F.
Grassi-Oliveira, Rodrigo
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description INTRODUCTION: The aim of this study was to explore the perceptions of women about their experience in using crack cocaine, discussing their motivations for using it and the repercussions in their lives. OBJECTIVE: To investigate these experiences, a qualitative exploratory study was conducted, using the inductive thematic analyses of the content. METHODS: Eight female crack cocaine users took part in this study. They were assessed by a semi-structured interview, addressing the crack cocaine use experience. Four main themes emerged in the interviews: (1) crack cocaine “high” experience; (2) symptoms related to crack cocaine use; (3) circumstances of crack cocaine use; and (4) crack cocaine use consequences. RESULTS: The main perceptions reported by the users were related to a feeling of being disconnected to the world preceded by a pleasant experience, especially during the first moments of use. They revealed that the drug fulfills a key role of coping strategy to handle with negative thoughts, emotions or life experiences. An important influence of social issues was reported in relation to the onset of crack cocaine use. Negative consequences and significant impact on their lives appeared in their reports, regarding the loss of family ties, involvement with prostitution, traumatic experiences and violence. CONCLUSION: Taking together all women's perceptions suggests that beyond the positive immediate rewarding effect, the maintenance of use might be related to the dissociative experience and self-medication role, acting as negative reward by relieving of negative life experiences that, in turn, are both cause and consequence of the drug use.
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spelling pubmed-90988192022-05-14 The Perceptions of Women About Their High Experience of Using Crack Cocaine Tractenberg, Saulo G. Schneider, Jaluza A. de Mattos, Bernardo P. Bicca, Carla H. M. Kluwe-Schiavon, Bruno de Castro, Thiago G. Habigzang, Luísa F. Grassi-Oliveira, Rodrigo Front Psychiatry Psychiatry INTRODUCTION: The aim of this study was to explore the perceptions of women about their experience in using crack cocaine, discussing their motivations for using it and the repercussions in their lives. OBJECTIVE: To investigate these experiences, a qualitative exploratory study was conducted, using the inductive thematic analyses of the content. METHODS: Eight female crack cocaine users took part in this study. They were assessed by a semi-structured interview, addressing the crack cocaine use experience. Four main themes emerged in the interviews: (1) crack cocaine “high” experience; (2) symptoms related to crack cocaine use; (3) circumstances of crack cocaine use; and (4) crack cocaine use consequences. RESULTS: The main perceptions reported by the users were related to a feeling of being disconnected to the world preceded by a pleasant experience, especially during the first moments of use. They revealed that the drug fulfills a key role of coping strategy to handle with negative thoughts, emotions or life experiences. An important influence of social issues was reported in relation to the onset of crack cocaine use. Negative consequences and significant impact on their lives appeared in their reports, regarding the loss of family ties, involvement with prostitution, traumatic experiences and violence. CONCLUSION: Taking together all women's perceptions suggests that beyond the positive immediate rewarding effect, the maintenance of use might be related to the dissociative experience and self-medication role, acting as negative reward by relieving of negative life experiences that, in turn, are both cause and consequence of the drug use. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-04-29 /pmc/articles/PMC9098819/ /pubmed/35573329 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.898570 Text en Copyright © 2022 Tractenberg, Schneider, Mattos, Bicca, Kluwe-Schiavon, de Castro, Habigzang and Grassi-Oliveira. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Psychiatry
Tractenberg, Saulo G.
Schneider, Jaluza A.
de Mattos, Bernardo P.
Bicca, Carla H. M.
Kluwe-Schiavon, Bruno
de Castro, Thiago G.
Habigzang, Luísa F.
Grassi-Oliveira, Rodrigo
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title_short The Perceptions of Women About Their High Experience of Using Crack Cocaine
title_sort perceptions of women about their high experience of using crack cocaine
topic Psychiatry
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9098819/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35573329
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.898570
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