O Direito Humano à Saúde Mental: compreensão dos profissionais da área / Human Right to Mental Health: the comprehension of health professionals

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IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

10/10/2011

RESUMO

The psychiatric reform movement was consolidated in Brazil with the Law 10.216 from 2001, formalizing the new model of the mental health care network. In this context, this descriptive research with a qualitative approach presented the aim to identify how health professionals who work at a psychiatric hospital at the city of São José do Rio Preto understand the human rights established by the Law 10.216/2001 on the protection of persons with mental disorders and about the changes in the care model established in the country. In order to collect data, the author used semistructured interviews and participant observation. Data were analyzed through content analysis. 33 health professionals who participate in the hospitalization process and care to patients were interviewed. Among them, there were nurses, nursing auxiliaries and technicians, medical doctors, social workers, psychologists and occupational therapists. Results showed that: health professionals believe people have easy access to the service, although there is an order to be followed and patients must enter the system through the emergency service where they will find the availability of places, which is scarce as this is the only hospital in the region; in spite of knowing the importance of family in the treatment of the patient with mental disorders, the strategies used to assure their participation are not enough and they face several cases of patients\ abandonment by their families, with respect to the community participation in the treatment, it is not strong at the hospital studied because it is a closed institution, which limitates the interaction between the patient and the community. Patients have some external contact when they have a temporary leave from hospital at the weekends. Thus, community participation is limited to donations and volunteer work; in addition, the stigma regarding the patient with mental disorders is still in the community. However, the author also found the stigma present among the health professionals. The access to information regarding the disorder and treatment is also limited by the patients with mental disorders. The information were considered insufficient by the majority of the subjects due to the lack of time for an individualized care and the difficulty of patients to understand. There are restrictions in the use of communication means, especially regarding the telephone. Participants justified the restriction to the fact that the patients are not able to use it in a balanced way. The subjects demonstrated a lack of knowledge about the hospitalization types as well as the role of prosecution on involuntary hospitalization and the rights of the patients. Author concludes that it is not enough to have a Law to assure the respect to the rights of persons with tmental disorders. The knowledge by health professionals of the legislation on mental health is extremely important for the implementation of the Law and in order to achieve this state it is important to promote actions directed to health professionals regarding the rights of the patients as well as their links with the changes occurred in the model of care after the Law 10.216/01.

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direito à saúde direitos do paciente law 10.216/2001 lei 10.216/2001 mental health patients health psychiatric reform reforma psiquiátrica right to health saúde mental

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