Connections between health/mental illness process comprehension and care technologies

Authors

  • Ana Luisa Aranha e Silva Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem
  • Rosa Maria Godoy Serpa da Fonseca Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692003000600015

Keywords:

psychiatric nursing, history, trends

Abstract

The history of humanity has registered conventions about illness and treatment, in a dialectics that is mediated by material and objective conditions, where health practices can be identified. In the field of mental health, conceptions of psychic sickening and therapeutics can be identified in different periods of political and economic development and in the organization of human society, since the origin of times to the contemporary period. This article proposes a connection between health/mental illness process comprehension and treatments, referring to the historical contexts in which they were/are registered and searches for the meaning of practices and their current social meaning.

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Published

2003-12-01

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 6 (2003)

Section

Review Article

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How to Cite

Connections between health/mental illness process comprehension and care technologies. (2003). Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 11(6), 800-806. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692003000600015