Narrative interview and reconstruction of biographic case: methodological alternative in nursing research.

Objective: To present the biographical narrative interviews and biographical case reconstruction as methodological alternatives in nursing research.

Methods: Theoretical-reflective study that presents the aspects of the biographical narrative method and of reconstruction of biographical cases according to the German interpretive social research framework developed by the sociologist Gabriele Rosenthal.

Results And Discussion: The reflection was organized into three topics: conceptual interpretative aspects of biographical research; biographical narrative interview in the production of data; reconstruction of biographical case.

The significance of the nursing actions in psychiatric hospitalization of female adolescent users of psychoactive substances.

Objective: To understand the significance of the actions developed by the nursing team in a Psychiatric Inpatient Unit for adolescent female users of psychoactive substances in the light of Alfred Schutz's phenomenological sociology framework.

Method: Qualitative study with Alfred Schutz's Phenomenological Sociology approach. Four nurses and 17 nursing assistants and technicians from a General Hospital in the city of Porto Alegre participated in the study.

Singular therapeutic project in mental health: an integrative review.

Objectives: to analyze the Singular Therapeutic Projects' characteristics in mental health care used to assist the subject with psychological distress.

Methods: it is an Integrative Literature Review study conducted in July 2017. The following databases used to collect the data were LILACS, MEDLINE and BDENF.

Assessment of components of crack users' attention network.

Objective: Assess components of the Psychosocial Attention Network (RAPS) in crack user care in a Rio Grande do Sul municipality.

Method: Qualitative study based on Fourth Generation Evaluation. Data collection occurred in 2014, through participating observation and interviews based on the Hermeneutic-Dialectic Circle.

Matrix support in mental health in primary care: the vision of supporters and nurses.

Objective: To understand the view of supporters and nurses on matrix support mental health actions in Primary Health Care.

Method: A qualitative and phenomenological study, with Alfred Schutz's framework of phenomenological sociology. The study was conducted with five supporters and 22 nurses from Basic Health Care Units in the city of Porto Alegre.

Psychiatric hospitalization of alcoholists from rural areas in a general hospital: expectations of families.

Objective: to know the expectations of family members of alcoholics living in rural areas under treatment in a Psychiatric Hospitalization Unit.

Method: qualitative research, through interviews with 15 relatives of alcoholics living in rural areas and hospitalized in a Psychiatric Unit. Information was interpreted in the light of Phenomenological Sociology.

Perceptions of adolescents' family members about therapeutic workshops in a child psychosocial care center.

Objective: To learn the perceptions of adolescents' family members about therapeutic workshops in a Child Psychosocial Care Center (CAPSi).

Methods: A qualitative, descriptive study conducted in 2013 in Santa Catarina, comprising 18 family members of adolescents being cared for in a CAPSi. Information was gathered through interviews construed based on content analysis.

[Mental health care technologies for treating crack users].

The aim of this study was to identify mental health care technologies for treating crack users in a Psychosocial Care Center for Alcohol and other Drugs (CAPsad, as per its acronym in Portuguese). A qualitative, evaluative case study was developed in a CAPSad, using fourth generation evaluation. Data collection occurred from January to March 2013 by means of semi-structured interviews applied to 36 subjects, these being health care professionals, patients, patients' relatives and managers.

[The network of mental health care from the family health strategy service].

The Family Health Strategy Service (FHSS) is an important ally in the mental health system, contributing to the completeness and effectiveness of care. This study aimed to discuss the mental health care network as compared to the daily routine of an FHSS. It is an evaluative study with a qualitative methodological approach.

Determinants of quality of life in elderly patients of a psychosocial care center in Brazil.

The purpose of the present study was to identify the sociodemographic, clinical, and functional determinants of quality of life in elderly (older than 60 years) patients from a Psychosocial Care Center. The sample was randomly selected patients undergoing treatment at the center during the study period. Quality of life was assessed using the brief version of the World Health Organization Quality of Life Assessment (WHOQOL-BREF) and the World Health Organization Quality of Life Assessment for older adults (WHOQOL-OLD).

[The experience lived by clients' family members of a child psychosocial care center].

The objective of this study was to understand the lived experiences of family members of children attending a Child Psychosocial Care Center. This study is a qualitative research with a phenomenological approach, developed at a Child Psychosocial Care Center (CAPSi as per its acronym in Portuguese) located in the municipality of Cascavel, State of Paraná. Participants were eleven family members of clients attending the above mentioned service and who, more actively, took part in the clients' care.

[Characterization of the assistance practices in mental health care networking: an integrative review].

This study is an integrative literature review that aims to identify and analyze the characteristics of assistance practices in mental health Primary Health Care in Brazil. The sample consisted in nine articles, from databases consulted in the period between 2001 and 2009. In data analyses, results were grouped in two themes: activities and principles of psychiatric reform.

[Psychic crisis care in the emergency room nursing staff's view].

This study was aimed at finding out the nursing staff's view about psychic crisis care in an emergency room unit. This is a qualitative study that used the application of semi-structured interviews as data collecting technique. Five nursing professionals that worked in the emergency room during the morning and afternoon shifts participated in the research.

[Evaluation of a psychosocial care center: the view of the family].

This study sought to evaluate a Psychosocial Care Center from the perspective of the users' family members. Qualitative research was carried out, based on the theoretical and methodological references of Fourth Generation Evaluation. Gathering of data was made in a mental health unit in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil, between October and November 2006, when 13 family members of users were interviewed.

[The Psychosocial Care Center in the everyday lives of its users].

The objective of this study was to understand the everyday lives of users of a Psychosocial Care Center (CAPS, Centro de Atenção Psicossocial). This is a qualitative study, with Alfred Schutz's phenomenological sociology as the theoretical framework. The studied field was a CAPS located in Porto Alegre, and the interviewed subjects were 13 users.

[Family and psychiatric hospitalization in a general hospital].

This study aims to identify the reasons that lead relatives to hospitalize patients in a psychiatric unit of a general hospital. It is a qualitative study based on Alfred Schutz' phenomenological sociology. Fourteen relatives, each with one family member hospitalized, were interviewed from August to October 2009.

[Dimensions of the scope of work in a Psychosocial Care Center].

This article presents partial results of evaluative research conducted in 2005 at a Psychosocial Care Center in Pelotas, in the Southern Brazilian State of Rio Grande do Sul. The study adopts a qualitative approach and utilizes the theoretical and methodological referential of the Fourth Generation Evaluation. The data collected contains observation and interviews with users, family members and professionals of the care center.

[Action in mental health to families in different contexts of work: integrative review].

This is an integrative review aimed to identify and analyze studies in nursing journals that focus on mental health actions directed to families in different work contexts. To collect data, we used the descriptors mental health, family and nursing in the databases of the Latin American and Caribbean in Health Sciences (LILACS) and Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO). Inclusion criteria were: original articles published in Portuguese, Spanish and English in journals in the field of nursing between the years 2003 to 2008.

[Conceptions of a mental health team about interdisciplinary work].

The objective of this study was to understand the conceptions of a mental health team from a Psychosocial Care Center about interdisciplinary work. This is a qualitative study, of a descriptive type, developed in a mental health service in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The subjects of the study were eight professionals (psychiatrist, nurse, nutritionist, psychologist social worker occupational therapist, physical education teacher and nursing auxiliary).

User satisfaction with psychosocial healthcare services, Southern Brazil.

Objective: To evaluate user satisfaction with psychosocial healthcare services.

Methods: Qualitative and quantitative study conducted in psychosocial healthcare services in the states of Paraná, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul, Southern Brazil, in 2006. The study combined quantitative and qualitative methods.

[A psychosocial care center team's work from a family perspective].

The objective of this study was to understand the experiences of family members of patients seen at a Psychosocial Care Center (PSCC) in terms of the work performed by the mental health team. The theoretical-philosophical framework used was phenomenological sociology. Data collection took place by means of an interview performed with 13 family members in October and November, 2006 at a PSCC in the city of Porto Alegre, Brazil.

[Using the Fourth Generation Evaluation in a Center of Psychosocial Attention].

The study reports the use of the Evaluation of Fourth Generation in a Center of Psychosocial Attention (CAPS). A qualitative evaluation was carried through with the purpose of learning the service dynamics, the ways the actors interact and how the senses are built by those people in relation to their practice. The data collection was made in a CAPS in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, during the period between October and November of 2006.