Saberes do assistente social na saúde mental: um estudo sobre o suicídio

Abstract

Based on the research done on the work processes of social workers in mental health institutions, such as psychosocial care centers and wards psychiatric hospitalization of general hospitals, it was problematized which theoretical references are guidelines for the care of users who have attempted suicide or have suicidal ideation. The research also proposes to discuss suicide from diferente theoretical perspectives that make up the knowledge of the social area; among them stands out Marxist perspective and the perspective of psychoanalysis. The research is structured in two main stages: The first stage will be the semi-structured interviews, and the analysis of the material collected in the light of contributions from the Marxist critical perspective. The second stage comprises documentary and bibliographical research related to the themes of the object of intervention of social workers, subjects of the research. This is a case study of the bibliographicdocumentary type, which takes as its starting point the knowledge, skills and experiences of social workers in the area of mental health. The research has as its north the professional actions of the social worker developed in the context of mental health, especially in its social-care dimension, that is, in that developed directly with the user.