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0498/2013 - User and families‘ empowerment in the mental health field and evaluative / intervention research: A brief comparison between the Anglo-Saxon tradition and the Brazilian experience.
Reapresentação: Empoderamento de usuários e familiares em saúde mental e em pesquisa avaliativa / interventiva: Uma breve comparação entre a tradição anglo-saxônica e a experiência Brasileira.

Author:

• Eduardo Mourão Vasconcelos - Vasconcelos, EM - Rio de Janeiro, RJ - Escola de Serviço Social da UFRJ - <emvasconcelos55@gmail.com>

Thematic Area:

Saúde Mental

Abstract:

This article‘s main focus are the features of the tradition and experiences of user and families‘ empowerment in mental health approaches and services in Anglo-Saxon countries and in Brazil, and their repercussions and strategies in the field of mental health intervention and evaluative research. the purpose is to compare, based on a brief literature review, how the empowerment tradition has developed in the two cenarios,different contextual economic, political, social and mainly cultural features. The review shows how these two contexts induce different perspectives in how to value users and families‘ autonomy and empowerment in social policies and mental health, as well as their appropriation in the field of evaluative and intervention research. In the Anglo-Saxon countries, this tradition has been valued in the last four decades, and in Brazil, the participatory strategies emphasize mixed mechanisms - professionals, users and families together -, with the dominant presence of the first. The strategies designed specifically for users and families are quite new,2005 onwards.

Keywords:

mental healthempowermentautonomyevalutative researchintervention research

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Vasconcelos, EM. User and families‘ empowerment in the mental health field and evaluative / intervention research: A brief comparison between the Anglo-Saxon tradition and the Brazilian experience.. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2013/Jul). [Citado em 21/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/user-and-families-empowerment-in-the-mental-health-field-and-evaluative-intervention-research-a-brief-comparison-between-the-anglosaxon-tradition-and-the-brazilian-experience/13441?id=13441



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