ACTIONS IN A PSYCHO-SOCIAL CARE CENTER FOR THE REHABILITATION OF PERSONS WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate mental health actions aimed at psychosocial rehabilitation of persons with mental disorders in a psycho-social care center (PSCC), and involved nine service users, five professionals, and six family members. It is an exploratory, descriptive study with a qualitative character, carried out between March and May of 2009. The empirical material underwent the thematic categorical analysis proposed by Bardin, which resulted in the following categories: The work process of the PSCC in the conception of professionals in the work; The conception of the service user undergoing psychosocial rehabilitation; and The participation of the family in the re-socialization of the person with mental disorder. The research confirmed the PSCC as a significant tool in the rehabilitation process of persons with mental disorders, corroborating the expectations of the Psychiatric Reform, however, for effective psychosocial rehabilitation, this process demands both improvement of the actions carried out by health professionals and greater involvement of the family.

Keywords

• Rehabilitation
• Psychiatric reform
• Mental health