Building the Barricades: Three Interdisciplinary Studies on Mental and Substance Use Disorders in the Context of Armed Violence in Brazil, 2018–2021

The data consists of one spreadsheet including data from study 1, one spreadsheet with data from study 2, two files including the sampling description (in Portuguese and English), one file with survey guidelines and one file with the description of the data calibration. Study 1 – Maré Domestic Survey: an investigation of the mental health and wellbeing of Maré residents with a focus on their mental health, patterns of drug use (legal and illegal), family and educational background, income generation and access to social, health and drug treatment programmes. Study one included a domestic survey of 1,211 Maré residents from each of the 16 communities. Study 2 – Profiles of Regular Drug Users of Maré: A quantitative survey of 200 regular drug users living on or at risk of living on the streets within and on the borders of the Maré communities. The survey investigated the existing mental health of the respondents, their knowledge and perception about MNS disorders, their access to mental health services, the possibilities of self- and community-based care, and the existence of informal care networks.