Medicalization and Indigenous Health: An analysis of the consumption of psychotropics by the Xukuru de Cimbres indigenous people.

Objective: To investigate the process of medicalization among the Xukuru indigenous people of Pesqueira (PE), Brazil following the 2003 conflict.

Method: This is a descriptive, cross-sectional, quantitative study developed with the indigenous attended at the Xukuru de Cimbres basic center. The final sample consisted of 75 individuals who used psychotropic drugs.