[Mental health and health insurance plans in Brazil].

The article examines the regulatory regime of mental healthcare implemented by the National Health Agency (ANS). It describes the conditions observed between the provision of mental health services in the private healthcare sector in relation to the international experience and the Unified Health System (SUS). The article shows that the mental healthcare provision by the sector has the failings associated with the health insurance market.

[Psychiatric reform, federalism, and the decentralization of the public health in Brazil].

This study examines the relationships between Brazilian psychiatric reform, the adoption of the Centers for Psychosocial Care (CAPS) and the development of the Unified Health System (SUS). The adherence of municipal governments was a variable determinant for the spread of reform, especially due to the continental scale and fragmentation of the Brazilian federation. The article demonstrates the institutional stability of psychiatric reform in Brazil over two decades.