Entre arte e loucura: ressignificação de arteterapia como um dispositivo de cuidado para pessoas em sofrimento psiquico.

Abstract

First of all, art has always been present in every history of humanity, fulfilling different functions that were assigned to it, according to the needs of each era, in such a way that art therapy emerged as a tool to help the human being. This mechanism is used in mental health work through the Psychosocial Care Center (CAPS). The present study tries to demonstrate the real capacity of such a tool, with the use of painting, with the main objective: to analyze the effect of art therapy as a psychosocial intervention and rehabilitation tool for people suffering from psychic suffering who undergo treatment at the CAPS II Campina Grande-PB. It is a qualitative study, built and operationalized based on the premises of the action research, and its results analyzed anchored in the thematic category model of Bardin. All activities were carried out in CAPS II New Times in the city of Campina Grande, PB, with a weekly interval of three months, with the initial number of 08 participants, who by eligibility criteria became only 04, were evaluated and Participated actively in the research. The precepts of resolution 466/2012 were obeyed and approval of the project by the research ethics committee. As findings of this research we can see an improvement in the interpersonal interactions of the participants, regarding the reduction of anxiety and aggressiveness, development of subjectivity allied to autonomy, improvement in the perception of their own mental picture, the need to use self-medication for sleep and A new vision of the world, related to artistic productions. Some (in) conclusions: Nursing being an art, the art of caring, it is more than certain that this field should be explored and used on a large scale, not only for mental health patients, but for everyone who feels the need to Change the way of seeing life, and consequently the way of life.