Psicologia e população em situação de rua em Salvador (BA): que fazer é esse?

Abstract

Brazil is an extremely unequal country and a large part of his population lives in a situation of socioeconomic vulnerability and social injustice. Traditionally, the hegemonic model of psychology's performance is the clinical-private one, engendered from an individualistic and socially disengaged logic, thus being aimed at the smallest part of the population. However, from the 1980s onwards, psychology was invited to act in other spaces, with emphasis here on public health services and with people in socioeconomically vulnerable situations. The objective of this work is to “Analyze how psychologists contribute to the promotion of care for the homeless population based on health services in the city of Salvador (BA)”. In order to think theoretically about the context of the health service that serves the homeless population (PSR) and the insertion and work of psychologists in these spaces, Emerson Merhy's concepts about the technical composition of health work and Martín-Baró's about Liberation Psychology. The methodology adopted was qualitative, including a systematic literature review and semi structured interviews. This study becomes relevant, as it will expand knowledge about the practices of psychologists with PSR, as well as, it presents what challenges have been encountered and the technologies used in Salvador's reality.