Experiências em projetos artístico-culturais na saúde mental: loucura, vida, liberdade e cidadania

Abstract

This research discusses the relevance of art-culture projects in mental health, as an instrument that enhances subjectivities, autonomy and freedom, with consequent assistance in social reintegration and the reconquest of the city for people who undergo or have undergone psychiatric treatments. It takes a look at art beyond its undeniable therapeutic and entertainment potential, in order to understand art-culture as a form of expression and strategy for producing life, subjectivities and new social places, based on the analysis of experiences obtained through coexistence with users of the mental health services of the Psychosocial Care Network (RAPS) of the Unified Health System (SUS) who participated in the art-culture and health projects where I develop activities, be they the “Projeto Construção de Memórias”, “Casa Ateliê UERJ,” and “Ateliê das Possibilidades”