Danos psíquicos pós COVID-19, uma questão de saúde pública: anteprojeto de um CAPS III no bairro de Antares, Maceió/AL

Abstract

The world is constantly changing and social interactions are based on the environment in which they are inserted. The Covid-19 pandemic that took place a global scale brought with it insecurity and fear to the entire population, both those who were affected by the disease or had contact with someone who had been, and those who were not contaminated but cultivated fear. This uncertain environment led to an increase and/or aggravation of mental illnesses in Brazil and, in particular, in the city of Maceió/AL. The appropriate public health service to meet this demand is the Psychosocial Care Center (CAPS) which is offered, or should be, by the Unified Health System (SUS). In Maceió there is a deficiency in the supply of this service, allowing the overload of demand and the inaccessibility of the population. Allied to this, confirmed cases of Covid-19 were more concentrated in the peripheral region, where there is less public assistance to mental health. Therefore, this project proposes, in the preliminary design stage, a CAPS III unit in the Antares neighborhood, on the outskirts of Maceió, associated with an Urban Park aimed at social integration.