Superar o imediato: o processo de trabalho das/os assistentes sociais no campo da saúde mental

Abstract

The aim of this Course Conclusion Paper is to reflect on the working process of the Social Assistant with families, from the opportunized experience in an operational group for family members in a Psychosocial Care Center for alcohol and other drugs (CAPS-II-AD), located in the city of Santa Maria/RS. For this, the literature research was performed through bibliographic review to better understand the historical process of health as a right, as well as mental health and the process of working with families in the context of social and publicpolicies, considering and highlighting the empirical part, as it is a practical theoretical report on the experience of curricular internship. Based on this work and experience, it can be concluded that the Social Assistant needs to be in constant movement for the enforcement of rights of users and their families and seek to effectively and creatively overcome the technicality and immediacy in the daily life of the institution. Specially to articulate ways to overcome the stigma surrounding this issue, together with the multiprofessional team and the community, also thinking mechanisms for families and users not to reach the CAPS only in final situations, which makes these approaches more bureaucratic and immediatist.