A implementação da Terapia Comunitária Integrativa em uma unidade de saúde e seu auxílio no cuidado integral: um relato exitoso

Abstract

Objectives: To describe the implementation of Integrative Community Therapy (ICT) in the Primary Health Care Unit (PHCU) Edmar Fujita of the city of Fortaleza - Ceará. Methods: Descriptive analysis of the ICT as a practice of promotion and attention to mental and integral health in Primary Care (PC) and review of the literature on the subject. Results: The ICT has been carried out in a weekly shift, whose facilitators were trained by the Quatro Varas Project. It is practiced in an environment within the community and is open to the public. It is observed an increase in the bond with the promoter team, as well as a facilitation in the coordination of the care of integral way. The demand for medical care for the participants is clearly higher, which is not necessarily within the scope of the UAPS. Conclusions: ICT aims to promote and create support networks to deal with psychosocial demands. It is an inexpensive instrument that promotes improvements in the coordination of care, especially those belonging to the area assigned to the PHCU, thus increasing the power of resolution of the PC. It was possible to observe a greater demand for mental health care, which reinforces the need to implement integrative practices such as ICT as a tool for an individual and community therapeutic plan.