Professors´ Perception of Mental Health Teaching in Nursing

Abstract

Objective: to understand how mental health education is developed in a nursing undergraduate course based on professors' perceptions of specific disciplines. Method: qualitative, exploratory and descriptive research, developed with 11 nursing professors of mental health disciplines, from a public university in the south of Brazil. Data collection was performed through semi-structured interview in 2014. Data were submitted to thematic analysis. Results: the following categories emerged: Training for mental health education; Specificities of teaching in mental health; and Development of practical classes / internships in mental health. Mental Health education, which prioritizes cognitive and technical aspects in line with the Psychiatric Reform, the consolidation of the Unified Health System and the implementation of the National Nursing Curricular Guidelines, becomes a challenge as the break with the teaching model and health, once in force, is current. Conclusion: this scenario highlights the need for mental health education training for nursing professors and ongoing curricular revision and pedagogical strategies.

Workshops for approaching suicidal behavior: implementation in Primary Health Care

“…development (23)(24)(25)(26)(27)(28)(29)(30)(31)(32)(33)(34)(35)(36)(37) . Its use in this research, in addition to meeting the benefits previously described, made it possible to implement this method as a tool for the skills of interprofessional practice (38) , indicating that the summative stage (23) favored the investigative process for acting as a validation strategy simultaneous to the construction of data in qualitative research (19) .…”

“…There is consensus in scientific literature on theoretical and practical weaknesses in the training in health professionals' mental health (28)(29)(30) , a situation explained in part by the historical development of health courses under the biomedical hegemony and, substantially, due to the deconstruction of asylum practices as a result of the Psychiatric Reform, based on deinstitutionalization (2,31) . This context argues in favor of continuing education of health professionals operated in the same manner proposed by the results of this research (32) .…”

Working conditions of a nursing team in mental health facility

“…We have a scenario in which an essential part of the professionals working will probably not be receptive, for example, to students and teachers delivering teaching practices at CAPS because they feel exposed or overloaded. This issue reflects the lack of assistance planning with robust theoretical foundations that support psychosocial care (26)(27) .…”

O ensino de enfermagem em saúde mental na percepção de estudantes

“…O ensino do cuidado aplicado à saúde mental nos Cursos de Graduação em Enfermagem está, de maneira geral, disponível em disciplinas denominadas de Enfermagem em Saúde Mental e/ou Psiquiátrica que visam, entre outros objetivos, o desenvolver de habilidades e competências vinculadas aos princípios da Reforma Psiquiátrica e do relacionamento terapêutico, assim como o exercício constante da percepção de si próprio na relação enfermeiro/paciente 4 .…”