Publications by authors named "Andrea Cardoso de Souza"

Objective: to analyze the process of deinstitutionalization resulting from a psychiatric hospital shut down, and know the fate of users after dehospitalization.

Method: a descriptive, qualitative study based on the critical-analytical perspective, which had as its setting the Hospital Colônia de Rio Bonito. Institutional documents and narratives of five managers who participated in the deinstitutionalization process were analyzed.

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Objective: To analyze the strategies, challenges and possibilities of the articulation between mental health and primary health care from the perspective of health managers.

Method: Exploratory, qualitative research carried out with 28 managers of mental health and primary care. The data were collected through semi-structured interviews between July and November 2013 and submitted to thematic content analysis.

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