O Psicólogo nas políticas públicas de saúde mental, no Município de Santos-SP

Abstract

This dissertation discusses a research on the current role played by Psychologist in public health policies, particularly in the case of Substitute Network of Mental Health, Emerging closing (intervention) Hospital (Psychiatric) Nursing Home Anchieta. As a goal, try to understand where the ""locus"" in which professional psychology was inserted through the activities offered in Public Policy Health System (SUS), the city of Santos. Characterized as qualitative, exploratory development features, and the methodology used in the survey included: bibliographic (about SUS implementation in Santos, with an emphasis on mental health); consultation documents and files (the Municipal Health Santos, publicly available), information gathering (together with mental health professionals - through stories about his professional experience and operation services - during the period studied), and interviews (semi structured interviews with criteria: employment - public servant; academic - psychologist, and the service time - more than three years). Consisted of field research involving 12 subjects, divided into: 10 interviews and 02 reports, composing the content to be judged against the objectives. The analysis of the data collected in the interviews was carried out from the exhaustion of content and meaning of their narratives; thematic diversity of these narratives were structured three main data analysis, in obedience to the general objective and specific research: Attention Model - NAPS versus Anchieta; Blurred Role of the Psychologist in the interior of this model, and the Absence of Prevention in Mental Health. We conclude by proposing an alert to the class, aiming to offer support for reflection on new political contexts and health, in the field of Mental Health, which may go beyond the call of emergencies.