The psychiatrist reform has invested in service creation and the qualification of the technicians. We believe that attention specialist has limitations to meet various demands of users and many forms of care can be produced among the users. This article discusses the mutual aid and empowerment among users of CAPS investing in this dimension of instituting reform. Making use of mapping and participant observations, we see that the mode of operation and management of CAPS, and the design of therapeutic and clinical technical team, they tend to spread the opportunities for mutual support among users, making the empowerment of those.
Psychiatrist reform; mutual help; empowerment; CAPS