Citation

Frazatto CF, Sawaia BB. J. Health Psychol. 2016; 21(3): 409-418.

Affiliation

Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, Brasil caryfrazatto@hotmail.com.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1359105316628751

PMID

26987835

Abstract

Improving psychological practice in mental health services in the Brazilian Unified Health System (Sistema Único de Saúde) requires a critical analysis of core concepts of the psychiatric reform, such as 'social reinsertion'. This analysis, oriented by the dialectics of exclusion/inclusion, showed that this concept is impregnated with the adaptation paradigm and asylum view which prevents its effective implantation. The results suggest it is necessary to include social aspects in the discussion of mental health, articulating it with networks of social work and recuperating the revolutionary aspects of the psychiatric reform, thus demarcating the political nature of professional practices.

© The Author(s) 2016.

Language: en