Analysis of access to the psychosocial care network for users of alcohol and other drugs in rural areas.

Objectives: To analyze the access to the Psychosocial Care Network for rural residents with problems related to alcohol abuse and other drugs.

Methods: Qualitative research, based on the Empowerment Evaluation framework. Data collection took place from March to December 2017 and was carried out through triangulation of qualitative methods with 42 Psychosocial Care Network workers in a municipality in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Mental health assistance in Primary Care: the perspective of professionals from the Family Health Strategy.

Objective: To learn about the perceptions of the professionals who work in Primary Health Care about mental health care.

Methods: Descriptive and qualitative study, carried out with 29 health workers through open and individual interviews. The IRaMuTeQ® software was used to organize the data which, then, was submitted to a content analysis process in the thematic modality.

Assessment of stigma and prejudice in the organization of care networks for drug users.

Objective: To assess stigma and prejudice in the organization of the Psychosocial Care Network for drug users.

Methods: this is a qualitative study, developed through Empowerment Assessment. The survey was conducted in a municipality in Rio Grande do Sul, with 42 network workers.

Spiritual care performed in a drug user clinic.

Objective: To know the spiritual care practices of health workers in the context of an inpatient unit for the treatment of addictive disorders, aiming to incorporate an expanded care practice.

Method: Qualitative study considering the Convergent Care Research theoretical framework. The data collection occurred using semi-structured interviews, with three rounds of conversations and informal chats with 14 health professionals, from July to November 2017.

Nursing practices in a psychological care center.

Objective: To analyze the practices developed by nursing professionals in a Psychosocial Care Center (CAPS).

Method: A qualitative and evaluative research based on the Fourth Generation Assessment and conducted in a CAPS II of Santa Catarina State in 2014. For data collection, semi-structured interviews, field observation, and data recycling group were used with workers.

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.

[Empowerment evaluation: theoretical and methodological considerations applied to the health area].

The objective of this article is to discuss the empowerment evaluation as a theoretical and methodological framework and its applications to the health area. This is a theoretical article that presents the conceptual and methodological aspects and the principles of the empowerment evaluation. This evaluation is regarded as an approach that allows the participation of interest groups in the process, in order to improve the qualification and transformation of the knowledge and practices of the context evaluated.

Feelings of families regarding drug dependence: in the light of comprehensive sociology.

Objective: to understand the feelings of families before drug dependence.

Method: exploratory, analytical and qualitative study carried out with families of drug users, which are followed up by the Centro de Atenção Psicossocial Álcool e Drogas (Psychosocial Care Center for Alcohol and DARUGS). The collection of data took place by in-depth interview, with the support of field diary.

Portraits on the crack user built by the media.

Objective: evaluate how the crack user is portrayed by the media.

Method: qualitative study, using fourth generation evaluation. The data were collected in interviews and field observations in a mental health network service of the Porto Alegre-RS metropolitan area.

Incidence of falls and preventive actions in a University Hospital.

Objective Describing the incidence of falls and its relation with preventive actions developed in a Brazilian university hospital. Method A retrospective longitudinal study. Hospitalized adult patients in the clinical, surgical, psychiatric and emergency units who suffered a fall in the institution, and who had the event notified in the period from January 2011 to December 2015 were included in the study.

Mental health care network: the views of coordinators of the Family Health Strategy (FHS).

Objective: This study aimed to analyze the opinions of the coordinators of the Family Health Strategy (FHS) on the mental health care network in the city of Pelotas/RS.

Method: Descriptive and exploratory study with a qualitative approach, carried out with six FHS coordinators, in 2012. Semi-structured interview was used in data collection, and the results were evaluated using the thematic analysis.

Object and technologies in the working process of an itinerant team in mental health.

Objective To analyze the work object and the technologies in the working process of a Mental Health Itinerant Team in the attention to drug users. Methods Qualitative case study, carried out in a municipality in the South of Brazil. The theoretical framework was the Healthcare Labor Process.

Stigma and prejudice: the experience of crack users.

Objective: to evaluate the stigma and prejudice experienced by crack users in their social context.

Method: a qualitative study developed through the Fourth Generation Evaluation, conducted with four interest groups (ten users, eleven families, eight employees, and seven managers), components of the mental health care network. For data collection, we used observation and individual interview.

[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.

[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.

[Risk of falls in the elderly: an integrative review based on the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association].

The objective of this study was to analyze the scientific production regarding risk factors for falls in the elderly, based on the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association found in the Brazilian and international literature from 2005 to 2010. This integrative review was performed using the descriptors: accidental falls and elderly, utilizing the following databases: Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature and Latin-American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature. Thirty-two articles were selected for content analysis.

[Qualitative assessment of the relationship of social actors with madness in a substitutive mental health service].

This study aims to evaluate qualitatively the relationship between social actors and the madness. It was based in experiences produced in a Psychosocial Care Center in the Southern Brazilian context. This is a clipping from an evaluative and qualitative study.

[Qualitative evaluation of the work process in a psychosocial care center in Brazil].

Objective: This study's objective was to evaluate the work process in a psychosocial treatment center. We endeavored to identify areas of difficulty, gaps, deficiencies, potentialities, and experiences shared by the people involved in the service's day-to-day routine (users, family members, and health staff).

Methods: Qualitative evaluation study that used fourth-generation evaluation as the theoretical-methodological framework.

[Mental health in primary care: an assistant research approach].

This study aims to comprehend the expectations and aspirations of a community about the deployment of a group of mental health in primary care. This is a qualitative study that uses the assistant convergent research approach. Data were collected through workshops with psychotropics users, accompanied by Primary Care in the South of Brazil.

Psychiatric care in the Brazilian context.

This study seeks to present an updated discussion concerning psychiatric care in Brazil. It is based upon a historical review of psychiatric knowledge and practices within the Brazilian context and knowledge about the phenomenon of madness. It discusses the appearance of modern medical science as an area of knowledge designed for the treatment and comprehension of mental suffering.