Discursive practices and production of meanings: analysis of the application in Mental Health in Brazil

• Autor(a) principal: Saad, Amanda Pereira Risso
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Bastos, Paulo Roberto Haidamus de Oliveira, Souza, Geisa Alessandra Cavalcante de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: RECIIS (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://www.reciis.icict.fiocruz.br/index.php/reciis/article/view/1602
• topic: Comprehensive health care; Holistic health; Social psychology; Mental health; Communication; Language.; Atención integral de salud; Salud holística; Psicología social; Salud mental; Comunicación; Lenguaje.; Assistência integral à saúde; Saúde holística; Psicologia social; Saúde mental; Comunicação; Linguagem.

This study has analyzed the application of discursive practices and production of meanings in the description and interpretation of the meanings given to different phenomena in mental health in Brazil. This is a bibliographical review based on specialized literature from the inquiry to selected scientific studies employing the Virtual Health Library (VHL) with the following keywords: ‘discursive practices’ and ‘production of meanings’, in the title, abstract or subject, resulting in the selection of 21 studies, given their relation to the mental health. The application of this theory is on the professional approach and user, therapeutic assistance, professional training, maternity, paternity, adoption and personal perception of phenomena such as crisis, social vulnerability, illness, care, self, social exclusion and violence. Understanding these phenomena enables the reflection about the praxis of mental health professionals and the like, contributing with strategies of integration and formation of links in the relationship between the professional and the user from the interpretation of the meanings.