Saúde da família e saúde mental: possibilidades de articulação para o cuidado em um contexto de zona rural

Abstract

Care in Primary Care is strategic because of its scope in the context of SUS in the organization of health systems, as it is the main gateway for users, requiring an indispensable link with the attention of medium and high complexity and actions health surveillance, making it easier for teams to users and vice versa. For this feature, it is common for health professionals routinely meet with people in psychological distress, since mental health is not separated from general health, making it necessary to recognize that these demands are present in several complaints from users Primary Care. Thus, professionals of primary care, demand is the challenge to understand and intervene on these issues, which more recently have the support of the prerogative of matrix support in mental health and possible reference to be articulated through the Support Centers Family Health (NASF) in locations that have such attention device. The aim of this study was to investigate the possibilities and limits of mental health actions in the Family Health Strategy (FHS) in a context of countryside. This is a descriptive and exploratory research with a qualitative approach, carried out in the ESF located in rural Assú municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Norte. We used a semi-structured interview to collect and record on the issue investigated. In the context studied, we found that the difficulties experienced by family health teams put forward the deadlock effect and ensure in practice the guiding principles of the NHS and basic of the Brazilian Psychiatric Reform. We observed a fragmentation of care network to health and work process, where the little investment in the qualification / training of professionals focuses on the unpreparedness of the teams to deal with the mental health of users. Thus, it is essential to expand the matrix support in mental health for bigger and better possibilities of Psychosocial Care Network (RAPS) in the context of the state of Rio Grande do Norte, particularly in the municipality of Assú-RN.