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Acompañar a usuarios intensivos de drogas: el papel de las redes de proximidad en los tratamientos ambulatorios
From the results of an investigation led by the ethnographic approach on public outpatient treatments that address intensive drugs users (mainly cocaineâs) in the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires (Argentina), this article focuses on the role of local networks in the task of support the users in everyday life in contexts of scarcity. Specifically, the notion of supporting is define âthe difference in the analytical category careâ, practices converging on this notion are documented âmade by proximity networks in everyday lifeâ, and are exposed some of the therapeutic revisions of that practices. The field work underpinning this article was conducted for two years (2012-2013) in a specialized, interdisciplinary, public, outpatient-based psychotherapies institution, located in a segregated neighborhood of the Metropolitan Area of ââBuenos Aires. Production techniques data were participant observations and semi-structured interviews