Mental health care in the territory: conceptions of primary health care professionals

Abstract

This study aimed to analyze the conceptions that guide the practices of professionals in relation to care provided in mental health. This qualitative study enrolled professionals from a government health clinic in João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil. Data collection was conducted through a semi-structured interview during which the testimonies were recorded and subsequently transcribed in full. Analysis of the speech used Fiorin's Critical Theory, which allowed the elaboration of two subcategories: "Knowledge that guides practices in mental health" and "The invisibility of the integrating character of the Family Health Strategy from the Network of Psychosocial Care perspective". The focus of nursing care and health must not be bound only to the sickness, but caring practices should be transformed to promote comprehensive care and the resocialization of the person with psychic suffering.

Nurses’ attitudes facing the family involvment in caring for people with mental disorder

“…Thus, studies on the family's inclusion in the mental health care are recent, and focused on specialized spaces, from a perspective of more spectators than protagonists. Only with the redirection of the mental health policy, the family has been called to include and contribute to the deinstitutionalization process, which has been configured in the Psychosocial Care Network (RAPS), in the commitment of the Family Health Strategy (FHS) and in the figure of nurses who must embrace and include families of people with MD in care (15) .…”

Mobile care service for psychiatric urgencies and emergencies: perception of nursing workers

“…It is in this sense that it is necessary to seek integrality and to meet the territoriality of care requirement, recommended by SUS, which highlights the role of health care services for the implementation of the basic principles of the Psychiatric Reform for social inclusion, through the Support Centers for Family Health, Offices in the Street, CAPS and emergency services (15) .…”

Família que convive com pessoa com transtorno mental: genograma e ecomapa

“…18 Nesse sentido, o CAPS configura-se como o espaço apropriado para realizar cuidado integral à pessoa com sofrimento psíquico intenso, buscar sua reinserção social, promover articulação com os demais serviços da rede, fortalecendo os vínculos entre a pessoa e sua família e evitando internações psiquiátricas. 19 Para isso, evidencia-se a importância de investir na rede de saúde, no sentido de estimular solidariedade e identificar os potenciais recursos do território no processo de reabilitação psicossocial.…”