Construção das práticas de cuidado em saúde mental na Atenção Primária: os desafios atuais a partir da experiência de uma Unidade de Saúde da Família

Abstract

The present study intends to reflect on the mental health care practices developed at the Family Health Unit Úrsula Catharino, located in the neighborhood of Garcia, in the city of Salvador-Bahia, and intends to understand how mental health care is produced in the scope of Primary Health Care and how this process dialogues with the strengthening of the Psychosocial Attention Network in the Brazilian Psychiatric Reform perspective. For this, two methodological approaches will be used: the participant observation, with the construction of a field diary from the observation of the routine of the service during a certain period; And the case report, with the analysis of a real case of a mental health patient chosen by the team, and whose management mobilized all to become involved in the production of mental health care in Primary Health. At the end of the study, it is also expected to reflect on the main potentialities, obstacles and challenges faced by Primary Health Care professionals in mental health care in this field of care.