Author:

• Marcio Wagner Camatta - Camatta, M.W. - Porto Alegre, RS - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - <mcamatta@gmail.com>

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Abstract:

This study aimed to evaluate a Psychosocial Care Center in the perspective of the users’ familiars. A qualitative research was carried out, based on the theoretical and methodological references of Fourth Generation Evaluation. Gathering of data was made in a mental health service in Porto Alegre City, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil, between October and November 2006, when 13 familiars of users were interviewed. In a later period, the interviews were validated in a negotiation workshop. Data were grouped and discussed, according to the topics: ambience, therapeutic activities, team, plasticity, inclusion of the family, results of psychosocial attention, public policies and society. Data negotiation workshop was an important moment of discussion and reflection about the thematic that emerged from the interview. The present evaluation shows the importance of giving voice to familiars and considering them as partners for the constitution of a mental health assistance according to the principles and guidelines of Sistema Único de Saúde and taking into account Brazilian psychiatric reform’s presuppositions.

Mental Health, Mental health services, Family, Evaluation.

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