A prática psicológica na UTI com o paciente em estado crítico: relato de experiência

Abstract

This article emerged through the concerns experienced during the two years of my work as a resident psychologist, inserted in the Critical Patient Care Program, in a teaching hospital in Minas Gerais. The article was written as an experience report and constitutes a qualitative research, based on psychoanalysis and developed by the method of psychoanalytic interpretation. The work aimed to interpret the challenges, affects and constructions of my clinical performance in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). The study is justified, because it allowed reflections on the possible clinical management in the face of the transfer process, with the patient in critical condition, their family members and the multidisciplinary team. It was observed that the serious illness causes the threat to life to emerge and can produce psychological urgencies and intense suffering in the subjects who experience this process. In this way, the article contributes to the clinical performance of the hospital psychologist, evidencing the importance of rethinking the development of clinical practice in a constant manner to build the possible clinical management in the hospital environment.