Preconceito e loucura: concepções e ações de psicólogos no contexto da estratégia de saúde da família

Abstract

This research discusses the prejudice directed to madness, showing that actions in Mental Health little has get to advance in the recognition of the other in their difference, even after the advocated advances in the new Mental Health Care Policy. For this we use the references of authors of Critical Theory, such as Adorno and Horkheimer (1985), Crochíck (2006), Antunes (2010), among others. And Foucault's theoretical works. The research will be presented in five chapters. The first presents the understanding of prejudice, its constitutive elements and its relation to Elucidation, showing that the constitution of an instrumental reason as a way of explanation was responsible for sedimenting an ideal of man and society, where one who does not adhere can be considered crazy; In the second one will be approached the complex definition of the concept of madness and the attempts of articulation of the public policies for the overcoming of the prejudice regarding towards the crazy person; In the third chapter will be exposed an empirical social research, w ith semistructured interview and discussion group on conceptions and practices to combat prejudice, developed by psychologists who work linked to the Family Health Strategy; In the fourth will be presented the results; And finishing the fifth chapter will be presented a discussion, divided into categories, and the final considerations on the research. We realized from the research that the relations based on prejudice against madness are sustained by the non -conformity to the standard of man stipulated socially, through norms and an efficient administration in various ambits of existence. In this way, we consider that the actions carried out in the field of mental health, more than care, aim at good control; more than the fight against prejudice, they aim t o adapt to a determined model of society. Characteristic that could only be transformed through a formation that allows a critical reflection on the concepts that are taught, thus allowing, the recognition of what causes in each Psychologist the prejudice, to then think about the purpose of their interventions. We hope this research is a trigger.