Abstract
Objective: to describe the perception of schizophrenc´s about the disease. Methodology: descriptive study a qualitative approach, carried out with five people with medical diagnosis of schizophrenic´s in a municipality of Oiapoque. For the production of the data a semi-structured interview, in the domicile was used and analyzed data were analyzed by Iramuteq software. Results:
were present the similarity analysis and the six classes generated, the identified categories werw: Patient experience, House routine, Medical routine, Family interaction, Realities of symptoms and Family interaction. Conclusions: The results showed that perceptions are permeated by feelings of despair, such as: frustrations, suffering, loss of quality of life and factors in which family life is difficult, since it is difficult to associate and understand the behaviors resulting from the disease, but the caring concern is the same