CAPS (C)ad(ê): memórias de trabalhadores de saúde mental

Abstract

With the objective of investigating the attention strategies, work management and care arrangements developed in a Psychosocial Care Center for alcohol and other drugs / CAPS ad in a medium-sized municipality in the interior of the state of Rio de Janeiro, I describe and analyze memories of 12 mental health workers. Starting from a work experience since 2016 and from the interaction with other professionals from the Unified Health System / SUS and the Unified Social Assistance System / SUAS, I initially elaborate my memories about the organization of the team and the dynamics of the assistance, sharing some of them with co-workers. We hope, in a joint meeting of memories, to analyze the management of care for drug users in a social, institutional and political context marked by processes of precariousness. We consider that these processes affect public health services, work relationships and social support networks, through scarcity and unequal distribution of resources, as well as exposure to schemes of violence and vulnerability. We conclude that the service studied deals with chronic processes of weakening work relationships, underfunding and isolation in terms of care networks, which affects the continuity of care relationships in the SUS. In addition, the workers' memories also indicated fundamental factors to be considered in evaluation strategies of the services, such as professional bonding, continuing education, guidelines for performance, supervision, as well as the participation of users and family members.