A medicalização da saúde mental na Atenção Básica.

Abstract

Mental Health is an extremely prevalent demand in the context of Brazilian Basic Care, which is the gateway to the public health system. Despite this, non-specialist doctors still have many difficulties to face this type of demand, a fact that results in strengthening of problems such as medicalization. The present study was written with the objective of evaluating the standardization of Mental Health medicalization in the context of Brazilian Primary Care, through a bibliographical survey using the integrative review method. It was observed that the medicalization is related to several factors, such as advances in medicine that interferes and pathologize aspects previously considered normal in the Mental Health aspect, besides the problem of drug use as the main and often only option therapy. It was necessary to stimulate non-medicalizing strategies, such as Matricial Practice, Permanent Training Strategies, Therapeutic Groups, Reception, Home Visits and Therapeutic Listening.