Modo de vida e cuidados em saúde mental: uma reflexão necessária

Abstract

This final paper comes from a qualitative study conducted with two (2) users who attend a CAPS I in a city in the interior of Rio Grande do Sul. The results of the study show that social processes arising from gender and class inequality interpenetrate in the way of life and are expressed in family relationships producing conflicting relationships that unfold in feelings of guilt and in relationships of violence that aggravate mental illness. They also show the lack of appropriation of the users' way of life by health professionals, which indicates the non-consideration of mental illness from its social determinants and the inconsistency of the work developed with the assumptions of the Expanded Clinic. The study propositions indicate the need to plan continuing education workshops in the services in order to qualify professionals to work based on a broad understanding considering the social determinants in the health and disease process.