SAÚDE MENTAL E A QUESTÃO DAS DROGAS: do debate conceitual as experiências no campo de estágio

Abstract

This work aims to describe in a succinct way the history of the psychiatric reform to current Mental Health policy, the historical context of the using of the psychotropic substances (drugs) and its social implications in contemporary times, as well an account of experience in the discipline of Mental Health and in the field of stage in a CAPS-Ad from João Pessoa / PB. It was also sought to improve the comprehension of the issue of drugs as a public health problem, their insertion in the Mental Health Policy and in the care strategies from the Psychiatric Reform with emphasis on the importance of training for good professional practice.For this work, it was used the bibliographic narrative research, based on the texts used in that subject and also in the plans of the course provided by the professor. The observations were used during the experience in the field of internship and the records of the disciplines.It has been found that the question of drugs has been present since the origin of mankind, but with capitalist development, the forms of use worsened, resulting in a longneglected public health problem. Starting the process of the psychiatric reform, new approaches have been developed aimed at this public that started to be treated in Mental Health policy, developing specific policies in search of the social reintegration of these subjects and forms of care that meet them in integrality in the territory where they live, as well the performance of social work for the rights granted to them through the law 10.216 / 01.In view of the preceding, it is concluded that Mental Health policy is in constantly changing, which requires the training of professionals to face the challenges of this field.