Atitudes de profissionais de Centros de Atenção Psicossocial sobre álcool, alcoolismo e alcoolistas

EnglishObjective: to assess the attitudes of professionals from Psychosocial Care Centers towards alcohol, alcoholism, and alcoholics. Methods: a cross-sectional evaluation study with 288 professionals from 12 healthcare services. Sociodemographic data, Patient Satisfaction Scale with Mental Health Services and Attitude Scale for alcohol, alcoholism, and alcoholics were collected. Results: the professionals who showed a more critical attitude towards their work routine and those who worked in the healthcare services for longer had positive attitudes towards alcohol, alcoholism, and alcoholics. Professionals from the administrative team and health technicians had more negative attitudes. Conclusion: the attitudes of professionals towards alcohol, alcoholism, and alcoholics, in general, are positive and were associated with longer working time in the field and the manifestation of disapproving situations with work. portuguesObjetivo: avaliar as atitudes dos profissionais de Centros de Atencao Psicossocial frente ao alcool, alcoolismo e alcoolista. Metodos: estudo transversal, avaliativo, com 288 profissionais de 12 servicos de saude. Coletaram-se dados sociodemograficos, Escala de Satisfacao dos Pacientes com os Servicos de Saude Mental e Escala de Atitude para alcool, alcoolismo e alcoolistas. Resultados: os profissionais que demonstraram postura mais critica em relacao ao seu cotidiano de trabalho e os que atuavam nos servicos por mais tempo apresentaram atitudes positivas em relacao ao alcool, alcoolismo e alcoolistas. Profissionais da equipe administrativa e tecnicos de saude apresentaram atitudes mais negativas. Conclusao: as atitudes dos profissionais ao alcool, alcoolismo e alcoolista, no geral, sao positivas e associaram-se ao maior tempo de atuacao na area e a expressao de incomodos com o trabalho.