Healthcare professionals’ perception of mental health in primary care

• Autor(a) principal: Garcia,Georgia Dalla Valle
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Zanoti-Jeronymo,Daniela Viganó, Zambenedetti,Gustavo, Cervo,Michele da Rocha, Cavalcante,Marília Daniella Machado Araújo
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71672020000100175
• topic: Primary Health Care; Mental Health Services; Health Personnel; Mental Health; Delivery of Health Care

ABSTRACT Objective: To characterize the mental health care provided in Primary Care from the perception of health professionals in the cities to the 5th Regional Health Center of the state of Paraná. Method: An exploratory qualitative research. Participants were 121 health professionals working in primary care in the 20 cities of 5th Regional Health Center of the state of Parana. Twenty-two focus groups were recorded, transcribed and analyzed by content analysis. Results: Five thematic categories emerged, of which two were analyzed in this study: actions that professionals consider to be mental health actions; mental health actions developed by Primary Care professionals. Final Considerations: Despite of the indications of inclusion of mental health actions in Primary Care, this relationship is still occasional and unplanned. Policies that foster this interaction from a psychosocial perspective are needed.