Based on the psychiatric reform, it was intended to verify the family context after a desospitalization of the person with mental disorders and the ways how the psychosocial rehabilitation has been articulated in this process. Five people were interviewed, family and individuals with mental alterations receiving treatment in CAPs. In data collect, it was used semi-structured interviews. The results showed limitations in social interchanges and CAPS as the unique reference about social support. Regarding the material interchanges, the individuals don't develop any work with social value. In emotional interchanges, it became evident characteristics of desospitalization overburdening other family members. Still they are favorable to this process. However, there's a need to construct and enlarge the social support network.
Mental disorders; Family relations; Desospitalization