[Knowledge derived from studies on crack: an incursion into Brazilian dissertations and theses]. / Conhecimentos produzidos acerca do crack: uma incursão nas dissertações e teses brasileiras.

This is a systematic review based on the integrative review method, which sought to analyze the characteristics of knowledge produced by studies on crack, in Brazilian Master's and Doctoral courses. The investigation comprised 33 studies (18 dissertations and 15 theses). Among them, 51.5% were from the Health Science area with emphasis on the Postgraduate Program in Psychiatry (and Medical Psychology), which provided five dissertations/theses. Most of the knowledge on the epidemic (51.5%) are from the Universidade Federal de São Paulo and Universidade de São Paulo, with the largest number of studies (81.8%) concentrated in the southeast. The themes most analyzed were: organic alterations, drug trafficking and crack use, HIV/Aids, types and strategies of treatment. The results showed that Brazilian stricto sensu knowledge about crack is still incipient, sketchy and ineffectual, albeit promising due to demands and implications that this epidemic imposes upon society.

Conhecimentos produzidos acerca do crack: uma incursão nas dissertações e teses brasileiras / Knowledge derived from studies on crack: an incursion into Brazilian dissertations and theses

This is a systematic review based on the integrative review method, which sought to analyze the characteristics of knowledge produced by studies on crack, in Brazilian Master's and Doctoral courses. The investigation comprised 33 studies (18 dissertations and 15 theses). Among them, 51.5% were from the Health Science area with emphasis on the Postgraduate Program in Psychiatry (and Medical Psychology), which provided five dissertations/theses. Most of the knowledge on the epidemic (51.5%) are from the Universidade Federal de São Paulo and Universidade de São Paulo, with the largest number of studies (81.8%) concentrated in the southeast. The themes most analyzed were: organic alterations, drug trafficking and crack use, HIV/Aids, types and strategies of treatment. The results showed that Brazilian stricto sensu knowledge about crack is still incipient, sketchy and ineffectual, albeit promising due to demands and implications that this epidemic imposes upon society.

Trata-se de um estudo do tipo revisão sistemática, com base na modalidade revisão integrativa, que objetivou analisar as características do conhecimento produzido sobre o crack pelos cursos de mestrado e doutorado brasileiros. O corpus de investigação foi composto por 33 trabalhos (18 dissertações e 15 teses), sendo que 51,5% dos estudos pertencem à área das Ciências da Saúde, com destaque para o Programa de Pós-Graduação de Psiquiatria (e Psicologia Médica) que produziu cinco dissertações/teses. Os saberes acerca da epidemia são oriundos, em sua maioria (51,5%), da Universidade Federal de São Paulo e da Universidade de São Paulo, tendo a região Sudeste concentrado 81,8% dos estudos. As temáticas mais investigadas foram: alterações orgânicas, tráfico de drogas e consumo de crack, HIV/aids, e modelos e estratégias de tratamento. Concluiu-se que o conhecimento "stricto sensu" brasileiro sobre o crack é ainda incipiente, pontual e pouco resolutivo, embora promissor frente às demandas e implicações que esta epidemia impõe à sociedade.