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1939 – Representations Of Mental Illness Constructed By Health Professionals In Primary Care In Brazil: An Integrative Review Of The Brazilian Literature

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2020

N.R. Sartori ,
Z.A.P. Scherer ,
R.W. Neves Barbosa ,
C.M. Galhardi ,
J.O. Martins  and
R.M. Servilha
N.R. Sartori
Affiliation:
Psychiaric Nursing Doctoral Program, São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto
Z.A.P. Scherer
Affiliation:
Psychiaric Nursing Program, Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing at the University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto
R.W. Neves Barbosa
Affiliation:
Department of Infectious Diseases, FAMEMA
C.M. Galhardi
Affiliation:
Department of Occupational Therapy, UNESP
J.O. Martins
Affiliation:
Instituto de Idiomas Europe, Marília
R.M. Servilha
Affiliation:
FADAP/FAP, Tupã, Brazil

Abstract

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History of madness in Brazil is marked by a disease-centered care and asylum model. With the onset of the psychiatric reform in Brazil, new public health policies that intend to replace the current hospital-centered model for people with mental disorders are being considered and articulated with other substitute services. Until recently the responsible for these individuals have been mental health experts in Ambulatory Health Services, with the new policies primary care professionals are also responsible. Studies show that not all primary care professionals have the same perception and understanding in relation to the care of the person with mental disorder, demonstrating resistance to care for these individuals.

Objectives

To assess the knowledge produced in Brazilian literature on the social representations of madness on the part of health professionals in primary care.

Method

Integrative review. The question that guided this study was: what are the health professionals’ social representations about madness in primary care?

Results

Six articles were selected; the articles were written by nurses, psychologists and psychiatrists and published in refereed journals. All articles were qualitative and published between 2005 and 2012.

Conclusion

Professionals are centered in an organicist model, on the doctor, on medicalization, and have ambiguous and often unscientific concepts about mental illness. Some believe there is no cure or improvement for mental illness, relate aggression and violence to mental illness, and admit to having little knowledge about mental health and feel unprepared to work with these individuals. Social reintegration practices were not identified.

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European Psychiatry , Volume 28 , Issue S1: Abstracts of the 21th European Congress of Psychiatry , 2013 , 28-E1170
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Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2013
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