The conception of madness and its treatment to mental health workers from a second level service institution

Authors

  • Valéria Mastrange Pugin Ambulatório Regional de Especialidades de São Carlos
  • Yolanda C. Barbério Ambulatório Regional de Especialidades de São Carlos
  • Carmem Lúcia Alves Filizola UFSCar; Departamento de Enfermagem

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11691997000500008

Keywords:

madness conception, mental health

Abstract

This paper aims at analyzing madness, as considered by mental health care workers from a second level service institution, and how they see the therapy offered by the organization. A research was conducted through semi-structured interviews with mental health care workers. Speech analysis allowed to observe various forms of acquiring madness, divided in two groups: one which reproduces scientific knoledge (linked to the different lines of thought in the area) and the other, that reproduces knowledge acquired through practice. This last group enables a social view of madness, which is a result of social differences. Authors also found the dangerousness of the mentally sick, split in three categories.

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Published

1997-05-01

Issue

Vol. 5 (1997): Número Especial

Section

Original Articles

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How to Cite

The conception of madness and its treatment to mental health workers from a second level service institution. (1997). Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 5(spe), 59-68. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11691997000500008