Saúde mental e as práticas integrativas complementares: um breve histórico da reforma psiquiátrica no Brasil
Mental health and complementary integrative practices: a brief history of psychiatric reform in Brazil
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.31668/revista_geth.v15iFluxoCont.13390Abstract
Mental disorder is a major disorder in an individual's thinking, feeling, or behavior that reflects a problem with mental function. In Brazil, the social movement for the rights of psychiatric patients began in 1978, and it was only in 2001 that the new mental health policy was achieved, through Law 10,216. This law brought the psychiatric reform, thus establishing a new concept of institution for individuals with mental disorders, causing the patient's rehabilitation to a social life, reintegrating him and providing appropriate treatment. The main result of this reform was the organization of the network of psychosocial services. Among these services, the Psychosocial Care Centers, which are units providing open and community health services. The World Health Organization has guided the integration of traditional and complementary medicine into health care systems. And in compliance with this orientation, Brazil prepared the Policy on Integrative and Complementary Practices, which are therapeutic means that seek to prevent and recover from diseases, using resources that link the human being with the environment and society.