Política de saúde mental do Sistema Único de Saúde – SUS: avaliando a política de saúde mental no Centro de Atenção Psicossocial (CAPS) de Araruna/ PB.

Abstract

The Center for Psychosocial Care (CAPS) is a substitute for services offered by the Brazilian Psychiatric Reform, which aimed to replace the hospital-centered model of care through a network of comprehensive care for mental health, consistent in community mental health services in outpatient mental health in Mental Health Action in Primary Care Sector and Mental Health entered into general hospitals. The research is the evaluation of the heart of CAPS Araruna I / CP, checking how the broader movement of the Psychiatric Reform has been multiplying on concrete experiences of transformation within the health care metal, as a result of initiatives and battles fought by several segments in the creation of social services and organization structures of care, health care and less bureaucratic, bringing in creative and effective solution to the problems of everyday life of citizens and above all reintegrating it into the social context perception of inclusion and social security rights. The study aims to assess the mental health policy developed in the CAPS I Araruna / PB, grasping the dynamics of the service, how the actors interact and the meanings they constructed in relation to its practice, stressing that the CAPS is main service of the Unified Health System (SUS) that care for people with severe and persistent mental disorders, including alcohol and other drugs, and should thus work properly in order to fulfill that role for him within the National Policy Mental Health.