title: Perceptions of adolescents' family members about therapeutic workshops in a child psychosocial care center.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To learn the perceptions of adolescents' family members about therapeutic workshops in a Child Psychosocial Care Center (CAPSi).
  
  
  METHODS
  A qualitative, descriptive study conducted in 2013 in Santa Catarina, comprising 18 family members of adolescents being cared for in a CAPSi. Information was gathered through interviews construed based on content analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Two themes were identified: (un)awareness about therapeutic workshops and recognition of therapy workshops. Nine family members were not familiar to the activities carried out in therapeutic workshops, whereas the other nine ones said these involve games, cooking, behavior, reading, music, beauty, craft and painting. Therapeutic aspects were highlighted, such as improved self-esteem of adolescents, behavior and coexistence. However, some families perceived no changes. The development of income-generating projects was suggested.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Therapeutic workshops nurture social living spaces, health education and social, psychological and pedagogical support. However, family members are hardly included.
authors.affiliation: Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (UDESC), Departamento de Enfermagem. Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brasil.
authors.forename: Arlete Aparecida
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Noronha
authors.affiliation: Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (UDESC), Departamento de Enfermagem. Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brasil.
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Folle
authors.affiliation: Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (UDESC), Departamento de Enfermagem. Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brasil.|Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Escola de Enfermagem. Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.
authors.forename: Andréa Noeremberg
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Guimarães
authors.affiliation: Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (UDESC), Departamento de Enfermagem. Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brasil.|Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Escola de Enfermagem. Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.
authors.forename: Maria Luiza Bevilaqua
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Brum
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Escola de Enfermagem. Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.
authors.forename: Jacó Fernando
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Escola de Enfermagem. Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.
authors.forename: Maria da Graça Corso da
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Motta
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005190:Family; D005192:Family Health; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D010465:Perception; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012649:Self Concept