Pelas palavras livres de gramáticas: reflexões sobre a formação dos trabalhadores de saúde mental / For the free words of grammars: reflections on the training of the workers of mental health

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2008

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This paper aims at examining and discussing the training of health workers in the Brazilian Psychiatric Reform context. Training in this sense is understood as an important measure geared to maintaing alive the disciplinary character of a transformation proposal turned into public policy, as is the case of the public assistance in mental health resulting from the Psychiatric Reform movement. The dissertation opens with some formulations by Antonio Gramsci, one of the main matrixes of the Basaglian thought, in the belief that this will add to the understanding of the Reform process inasmuch as it introduces it in a broader and more political sense as an element in the democratic struggle. This is followed by some reflections regarding both the movement in the Brazilian scenery and the concept of deinstitutionalization, coined by Franco Basaglia, main landmark for analyzing the Reform process. The training itself is perceived on the basis of the results obtained by workers from the work process itself, in the sense of the learning and knowledge gained by them after reflection over the work accomplished. Training and assistance are analyzed within a domain of immanence. In other words, the service itself is seen as the locus of the workers training, and discussions surrounding the work process are, therefore, the central issue. Ethics involved in relations referring to madness are considered inseparable from the ethics ruling work-related issues in this field. Furthermore, the normally neglected affective level present in training processes is both taken into account and asserted by the dissertation, as work relations are viewed as relevant in the training context as well. In coherence with a deinstitutionalization project, the study also supports the fact that restoring reciprocity in relations involving madness cannot be separated from allowing workers to, in the same manner, establish more reciprocal relations. In that sense, furthermore, periods for self-questioning and reflection, which help workers to effectively occupy their work place, added to possibilities for exchanges among team members, are important aspects to consider. Workers from the following two public mental health services in Rio de Janeiro were interviewed: those from CAPS and those from the Therapeutic Residential Service. These two services were chosen because in Brazil they are considered outstanding modalities in the contemporary Psychiatric Reform. The statements by workers, though taken as a strong expression of their presence in the field, are not restricted to those emitting them. The interviews are analyzed according to six main axes for the analysis, as well as on the basis of what was perceived as the strongest manifestations in this field. It is important to stress that training, as a theme, both constitutes and runs through each of these axes. Thus, pathways, interdisciplinarity, supervision, work processes, conceptions of substitutive services and formulations regarding clinic/policies, are among the topics covered.

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training work trabalho psychiatric reform psicologia saúde mental pessoal da área de saúde mental e pacientes reforma psiquiátrica - brasil

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