Encaminhamentos para avaliação psiquiátrica em um Programa de Saúde da Família em Piraí: nuances de uma comunicação cotidiana

Abstract

This paper studies the referrals made by family physicians for psychiatric evaluation. The evaluations are conducted by the author of this study within the PSF of Arrozal, district of Piraí, State of Rio de Janeiro. The impression was that there was a health care setting similar to the panopticon described by Foucault, a surveillance system in that community that triggered processes of medicalization within the Health Family Program. This study whether the referrals for psychiatric evaluation are motivated by a conception of psychiatry as a disciplinary body and whether there are other processes involved in the medicalization of referrals, in addition to supporting the Department of Health Piraí with the survey data. We have analysed the referrals written by family physicians for psychiatric evaluation and semi-structured interviews with physicians who perform referrals. The medicalization processes occur in the daily study of the PSF. Devices such as spaces for collective construction of therapeutic projects and health education and concepts such as resilience and territoriality are discussed.