Configuração de rede de assistência em saúde mental em município de pequeno porte: o caso de Piraí.

Abstract

The present study examines the public mental health care in Pirai in the state of Rio de Janeiro. The purpose of the psychiatric reform under way in Brazil, led the creation of a network of extra-hospital care. Whoever has CAPS, the community mental health services, mental health services on a territorial basis, one of the main representatives of this journey of change. We use the CAPS Piraí as a reference, since this unit is designated as a provider of direct assistance through health procedures, as well as reference for other mental health services in the city, linked to primary care and general hospital. The rescue of the history of the reorientation of actions in the city, through desk research and survey data on the profile of care provided in CAPS allows the analysis concerning the demand and supply of services in relation to standards proposed by the ministry of health actions in this area and the principle of comprehensiveness and deinstitutionalization. The product of this analysis highlights the significant changes that have occurred in recent years in the daily care, the power of CAPS at break of paradigms in health and need for improvement in assessment practices in mental health as a means of qualifying shares for the area.