Abstract
The interface connecting street and mental health increases vulnerabilities, hardening the guarantee of the right to health. The objective was to analyze how the health care of the Homeless Population is provided within the scope of the Psychosocial Care Network in Natal/RN. It is qualitative descriptive-exploratory field research. A focus group with 10 professionals from this network was created, and a semi-structured interview with 13 homeless people. The results were submitted to thematic content analysis, systematized into two categories: 1) The bare life of the Homeless Population; 2) The hindrances of the care network and the life flows of the Homeless Population. There is an invisibility of this population or an association with stigmas and labels. A street that segregates and a bare life are outlined. In this condition, these people face numerous impediments in accessing the health network in this scenario. There are numerous challenges faced by this network against the dissonances of a policy that, at the same time, cares for, segregates, isolates, protects, and surrounds. Obstacles going against the Brazilian Psychiatric Reform and potentialities that favor its realization were identified, while it finds a way “on the tightrope”.
Keywords:
Homeless Population; Mental health; Access to Health Services.