Author:

• Manuel Desviat - Desviat, M. - Servicio de Salud mental do Hospital universitario la Paz. Comunidad de Madrid. - <desviatm@gmail.com> +

Thematic Area:

Avaliação de Serviços de Saúde

Abstract:

Mental health problems increased incidence around the world while the psychiatry is going through a crisis that concerns his own identity and the definition of the object of its work. After more than half a century of deinstitutionalized and community policies, neoliberal globalization is leading to changes that undermine public attention on mental health, particularly of the disorders that require greater social attention. Changes in the responsibility of state and changes in the type of demand and in the way of understanding the disease and its treatment. At the time, compared to the medicalization of society that mediates the expression of needs in health, users movements begin to emerge demanding autonomy, full citizenship, empowerment, recovery and advocacy.

Keywords:

Mental health in the world psychiatric reform community mental health service management demand

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