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Mental health policy in the context of psychiatric hospitals: Challenges and perspectives

2016; UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO DE JANEIRO; Volume: 20; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5935/1414-8145.20160012

ISSN

2177-9465

Autores

João Mário Pessoa Júnior, Raionara Cristina de Araújo Santos, Francisco de Sales Clementino, Kalyane Kelly Duarte de Oliveira, Francisco Arnoldo Nunes de Miranda,

Tópico(s)

Public Health in Brazil

Resumo

Objective:To analyze the study participants' opinions on mental health policy, in the context of psychiatric hospitals.Methods:This was a qualitative study with 60 healthcare professionals, all of whom had higher education degrees, undertaken in two large psychiatric hospitals from June to October 2014.Data were collected by means of a questionnaire, transcribed and processed with Alceste software, and interpreted using Bardin's thematic content analysis.Results: In public mental health care policies on psychiatric hospitals, there is a confluence of critical and complex scenarios that directly reflect on the work of mental health care professionals, ranging from institutional macro-political to actual care, developed in the daily life of this service.Conclusion: The results of this study reinforce the need for humanized mental health care, and intersectoral dialogue on the actions developed in this field.

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