Reflexões sobre saúde mental e os imigrantes africanos moradores da casa do estudante da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria - RS

Abstract

This article portrays the experience of a Social Worker resident in the Postgraduate Program in Integrated Multiprofessional Residency in Mental Health in the UFSM Public Health System. The work has a brief review of the author's trajectory at the residence. The chosen methodology was Marxist social theory. The selected theme was “Mental health and African immigrants living in the Student House at the Federal University of Santa Maria - RS who went through the Saúde da Casa service”. The general objective was to analyze the challenges faced by African immigrants who live in the UFSM Student House on the main campus in relation to caring for their mental health. The final considerations state that being listened to without judgment and recognizing xenophobia and racism as forms of prejudice makes people sick.