A importância do Centro de Atenção Psicossocial (CAPS) para a garantia de direitos de pessoas em sofrimento psíquico no Brasil nas décadas de 2000 e 2010

Abstract

The work of conclusion of the graduation course in Social Work has as object of Centers of Psychosocial Attention (CAPS). The research sought to understand the importance of CAPS for the viability of the right to mental health. We seek to understand its importance as a state institution that enables the rights of people in psychological distress. Regarding the methodology, through a qualitative approach, we combine bibliographic research with documental research. The work presents a brief passage through the historicity of Mental Health and the main factors that contributed to the changes in psychic treatments, thus, it demonstrates in the course of the study the trajectory experienced by the institutionalization of psychic suffering, inhuman treatments, social exclusion, addressing the social movements and great professionals who were essential to humanize these treatments and establish rights. When looking for its historicity, it was understood that Mental Health went through several stages of perception, as there was a fine line between dignified treatments and a partial and even total social exclusion. In the midst of so many advances in terms of Mental Health and the institutionalization of CAPS, it is necessary to increasingly strengthen these institutions that replace the asylum and unnecessary hospitalizations.