Ações de saúde mental na atenção básica: caminho para ampliação da integralidade da atenção

Ciência & Saúde Coletiva

Oswaldo Yoshimi Tanaka²  Edith Lauridsen Ribeiro¹ 

[1],USP Faculdade de Saúde Publica São Paulo SP

关键词: Primary care;    Mental health in children;    Health professional;    Performance;    Health policy;    Atenção básica;    Saúde mental infantil;    Formação profissional;    Políticas de saúde;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1413-81232009000200016

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

A great challenge for the primary healthcare system, implemented by the strategy called the Family Health Program, is to incorporate actions for facing situations of violence and mental health problems. This study analyzed the care delivered to 411 children between five and eleven years of age in a primary care unit in the city of São Paulo. The clinical findings were compared to a standard inventory of symptoms (CBCL). In addition, semi-structured interviews were held with pediatricians. The study shows low capacity of the pediatricians to recognize mental health problems in children. This is mainly due to deficiencies in their training and lack of possibilities for concrete intervention to face a complaint or diagnostic hypothesis. The reorganization process of primary care will need to provide specific technical support in mental health, incorporating more appropriate technologies for intervention such as a humanized approach and qualified listening. The inclusion of psychosocial aspects in the everyday practice of primary care will make it possible to broaden the concept of health and open way for an integrated approach to situations of violence related to children assisted by the primary care network of the Brazilian Health System.

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