A importância da família no tratamento dos usuários com transtornos mentais através da intervenção do serviço social

Abstract

This Course Conclusion Work is the result of the concerns caused by the experience of the curricular internship I occurred at the Paulo Guedes Unit (UPG) of the Hospital University of Santa Maria (HUSM). Has a purpose is to discuss mental health in Brazil and how the social service intervention process is carried out with the family of patients with mental disorder, with this is intended to trace a trajectory of mental health in the field of social work, in order to visualize the state of the art of the academic production of the Social Work presential courses in the city of Santa Maria, UNIFRA (University Center Franciscano) and UFSM (Federal University of Santa Maria) from 2004 to 2016. It was established as a general objective to analyze the production on mental health and the family carried out by the academics of the classroom courses of the Social Service of the city of Santa Maria and in this way has as proposals to identify the characteristics of the theoretical production and the senses used in the discussions about mental health and family. Through the exploratory research, the Course Completion Works of the two face-to-face Faculties of Social Work of Santa Maria/RS were analyzed, with the purpose of assuring a framework that demonstrates the reality and relevance of the mental health and family subject under the perspective of academic production of undergraduate students from UNIFRA and UFSM, where it is possible to affirm the relevance from studies focused on the area of mental health and family to the production of knowledge of Social Work as an interventional profession.