MIRANDA, F. A. N. de. et al. Enfermagem psiquiátrica: apreensão da representação social no primeiro dia de aula [Psychiatric Nursery: apprehension of the social representation at the first day of class]. UNOPAR Cient., Ciênc. Biol. Saúde, Londrina, v. 4, n. 1, p. 31-36, out. 2002.
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The present study demonstrates, through projective procedures, as a group of Nursing students make their thoughts clear concerning representations and expectations of the Psychiatric Nursing subject in their first day of class since it has been dealt with prejudices, myths and stigma that reflect on students’ behavior. A problem-oriented approach has addressed this subject from the concrete reality through reflection, followed by action. Results from a survey of Thematic Drawing-and-Story Procedure lead us to present five groups of students’ representations, such as Psychiatry as Mental Disease, ignoring the Mental Health; the Mental Patient as the frequently identified social lunatic; Psychiatric Nursing as a mandatory subject enhancing little visibility for nurses’ performance; Me? / Students reflecting fear, fright and distance; Affection, their own individualized affective investment in this experience for their lives. The “Me? / Student” is configured as the students’ central social representation while the other groups, above mentioned, are considered secondary elements of the experience in studying the Psychiatric Nursing subject. Such experience is seen by the students as a unique one, although it does not mean it is necessarily a work option. The involvement of each one can be represented by fear, expectation, anxiety and, in some ways, aggression and frustration.