Abstract
As a result of the mental healthcare reconfiguration prompted by the Brazilian Psychiatric Reform, therapeutic workshops gradually became one of the main treatment strategies in Psychosocial Care Centers (CAPS). However, few studies on the theme include health professionals responsible for therapeutic workshops as participants. This study aimed to understand the conceptions of 12 health professionals who were responsible for therapeutic workshops in CAPS regarding this practice. This is a clinical-qualitative study, in which participated 12 health professionals who were responsible - at the time of the data collection - for therapeutic workshops at Caps in a countryside city in Minas Gerais (Brazil). Data were collected using a semi-structured interview and a field diary. The resulting corpus underwent content analysis, being organized into a set of categories and subcategories. This study covered two subcategories addressing conceptions on therapeutic workshops objectives and particularities, and one category addressing conceptions related to (non-)adherence to this practice. The results reveal both approximations and gaps between participants’ conceptions and the logic of psychosocial care recommended in the Brazilian Psychiatric Reform. Hence, this study reinforces the need for making therapeutic workshops an object of continuous reflection to avoid the disfigurement of this treatment.
Keywords:
Mental Health; Psychosocial Care; Therapeutic Workshops