Nurses in the mental health team: the case of the Mental Health Centers in Belo Horizonte

Authors

  • Marília Rezende da Silveira Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; Escola de Enfermagem; Núcleo de pesquisa Administração em Enfermagem
  • Marília Alves Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; Escola de Enfermagem; Núcleo de pesquisa Administração em Enfermagem

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692003000500012

Keywords:

psychiatric nursing, mental disorders, mental health community services

Abstract

At the moment, the Mental Health Centers represent an important initiative in the conduction of Psychiatric Reform. They have a strategic role against the hospital centered model and inaugurate a space of interaction with the mental disorders, reinventing the clinical space. This study aimed at describing nurses' activities in the teams of the Mental Health Centers, maintained by the Municipal Health Department in the city of Belo Horizonte, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, focusing on the care and follow-up of patients with mental disorders. This is a qualitative study and data were collected through semi structured interviews, analyzed by discourse analysis. Eight nurses were the subjects of this research. Results showed an inclusion of the interdisciplinary work in this centers, assuming the clinical conduction of the treatment to patients with mental disorders as well as helping them in the trajectory and construction of links with the treatment.

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Published

2003-10-01

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 5 (2003)

Section

Original Articles

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How to Cite

Nurses in the mental health team: the case of the Mental Health Centers in Belo Horizonte. (2003). Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 11(5), 645-651. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692003000500012