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PROTOCOLS FOR MENTAL HEALTH CARE IN PRIMARY-LEVEL SERVICES: SUBSIDIES FOR TRANSFORMING THE ASSISTANCE PROVIDED

Gisele Fernandes Tarma Cordeiro, Tatiana Marques dos Santos, Rosa Gomes dos Santos Ferreira, Ana Paula Freitas Guljor, Angela Aparecida Peters, Maria Angélica de Almeida Peres

Resumo


Objective: to analyze the repercussions on mental health care due to the implementation of Care Conduct Protocols in a Basic Health Unit from Juiz de Fora (Minas Gerais – Brazil).

Method: a historical-social study carried out in 2018, having as direct sources written documents and oral testimonies analyzed according to the assumptions of the Psychiatric Reform.

Results: the following categories are presented: a) Reorganization of mental health care through the implementation of Conduct Protocols; b) Referral and counter-referral process between Basic Health Units and specialized mental health care services; and c) Transformation of mental health care.

Conclusion: the protocols organized the mental health care network, supporting multiprofessional training, introducing Primary Health Care as a gateway to welcoming, treatment and monitoring in territorial mental health.


Palavras-chave


Community Mental Health Services; Primary Health Care; Health Centers; Mental Health Care; Patient Care Team.

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5380/ce.v27i0.88143