PSYCHIATRIC REFORM AND PUBLIC POLICIES IN MENTAL HEALTH IN BRAZIL: AN ANALYSIS OF THE ACTORS

Authors

  • Camila Muhl Universidade Federal do Paraná
  • Fábia Berlatto Universidade Federal do Paraná.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/sclplr.v2i2e.64813

Keywords:

Psychiatric reform, Mental health, Public policy

Abstract

The field of mental health is a complex field, full of divergences, marked by conflicts and disputes in all countries. In Brazil, with the Brazilian Psychiatric Reform, initiated in the 1970s, there is a major transformation in this field, from a model marked by psychiatric hospitalizations to a model of psychosocial care. The objective of this work, which is characterized as a theoretical-conceptual study, is to analyze the actors that were part of this process: professionals, users, family members, Antimanicomial Struggle Movement and Workers' Party, in an attempt to articulate the various forces that acted in the process. mental health field in the period between 1978 and 2001. Through the individual will of the actors and their organization in favor of antimanicomial struggle, it was possible that the Psychiatric Reform was developed in Brazil, bringing with it advances for the care of people with psychic suffering.

Author Biographies

Camila Muhl, Universidade Federal do Paraná

Programa de Pós-graduação em Psicologia da Universidade Federal do Paraná.

Fábia Berlatto, Universidade Federal do Paraná.

Programa de Pós-graduação em Psicologia da Universidade Federal do Paraná.

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Published

2019-02-07

How to Cite

Muhl, C., & Berlatto, F. (2019). PSYCHIATRIC REFORM AND PUBLIC POLICIES IN MENTAL HEALTH IN BRAZIL: AN ANALYSIS OF THE ACTORS. Sociologias Plurais, 2(2e). https://doi.org/10.5380/sclplr.v2i2e.64813

Issue

Vol. 2 (2014): NÚMERO ESPECIAL 2 - V SEMINÁRIO NACIONAL DE SOCIOLOGIA E POLÍTICA

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Articles

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