Ensino em saúde mental em instituições públicas de ensino superior de Alagoas: perspectivas político-pedagógicas dos docentes

Abstract

Historically, the relationship established between those who teach and those who learn is a constant concern. Even human development is surrounded by explanations that on the one hand have articulation with what is stimulated by others, as well as with experimentation with the environment. In this opportunity, when dealing with the teaching of care for the subjects, there is a need to discuss training for health professionals, as well as the reflection on this training process. Specifically, the question of mental health education, today, corresponds to a comprehensive problem, since it concerns not only the training of professionals, but also the care that has been built for the users of the mental health services of the System Health. The Third Meeting of Ministers of Health, held in Chile in 1972, outlined the need to stimulate Mental Health Education in the Americas, demonstrating that this concern is not new, however, many challenges have been faced in ensuring Health Education Mental, both in medical schools and in other training schools, based on the real needs of the subjects who present mental disorder or demands arising from the abusive use of alcohol and other drugs. The teaching of issues related to Mental Health, health services and the current Public Mental Health Policy has been the subject of research aimed at elucidating the role and functions of higher education institutions in the construction of new forms of care. This academic work on completion of course (TACC) arose from the relationship of the master's degree with his teaching practice in a public institution of higher education in Alagoas, as well as the strong theoretical-practical influence in his training during a Multiprofessional Residency in Mental Health. This TACC aimed to analyze the knowledge and teaching-learning practices of mental health education in Alagoas, as well as to identify the tools and methodologies that have been used by teachers in the area within the teaching-learning process. The same consists of pre-textual elements, an academic article and the description of a Product from the discussions built after the results of the research. Eleven professors from five undergraduate courses were interviewed, having as data collection instruments a structured printed questionnaire and a semistructured interview script, and the speeches were submitted to Content Analysis. It was concluded that, in general terms, mental health education in these institutions has been guided by strategies that seek to train the student in a perspective that elects the country's public mental health policy as a guide to the practices and offer of education, although the University as an institution, has not constructed the alignment of this teaching in its curricular structure. The product of this work went through several procedural procedures, published in the Official Gazette of the State of Alagoas, and final acceptance of the Rector of the State University of Health Sciences of Alagoas. It is an electronic institutional Repository and, essentially, will allow the academic community to have systematic access to the academic productions, events and projects related to Mental Health in that university.