Práticas integrativas e complementares como estratégia de promoção de saúde mental para estudantes do ensino superior: experiências de uma universitária de Terapia Ocupacional

Abstract

This text is a occupational therapy student's recounting of her experience in the PIC's in Care extension project, undertaken at the Federal University of Paraíba from August 2022 to July 2023. This project's goal was to encourage teaching and practice of integrative and complementary methods, specifically floral therapy and auriculotherapy, to both the academic community and the public. This was done in both face-to-face and remote settings. The student’s performance took place through the process of training in these practices, creating and publishing summaries about PICS, and identification of the need for more support to increase the availability of these therapeutic options for enhancing mental health among university students.