Mental health and nursing based on Viktor Frankl’s theory: an integrative review

• Autor(a) principal: Pereria da Silva, Alciene
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Ferraz dos Anjos, Karla, Barbosa Neiva Vidal, Daniela, Souza Barata, Rosinete, de Oliveira Santa Rosa, Darci
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Revista de Enfermagem da UFPI
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufpi.br/index.php/reufpi/article/view/833
• topic: Enfermagem; Saúde mental; Humanismo; Sentido da Vida; Existencialismo; Nursing; Mental health; Humanism; Sense of life; Existentialism

Objective: to analyze the scientific production of mental health nursing based on Viktor Frankl's theory from 2011 to 2021. Method: an integrative review developed with six articles that address mental health nursing using the theory of Viktor Frankl. For the search, Capes portal, Virtual Health Library, PubMed and Online Knowledge Library were used. The studies were evaluated based on the checklist proposed by the Critical Appraisal Skills Program, and its main characteristics, results, conclusions and convergences were described. Results: of the phenomenological studies analyzed, five obtained a high classification according to the Casp checklist, and had approaches such as care for the elderly, those with hospitalized chronic diseases, palliative care and the process of helping these family members. There were convergences between studies on aspects of spirituality, meaning of life, sacredness, faith, illness, diagnosis, suffering, healing possibilities, family and resilience. Conclusion: the nurse has produced knowledge from the perspective of the Franklian framework, based his practice in theory and contributed to the mental health of the people under his responsibility, however, there is a need for the training of these professionals in terms of spirituality and mental health to assist people. people in varied care contexts.