Abstract
Considering the lack of studies on the theory and practice of Therapeutic Accompaniment (TA) and an apparent unknowledge of this activity in mental health services of a municipality in the interior of São Paulo, this research aimed to analyze the knowledge and perceptions of mental health teams and discuss the local feasibility of including this device as a mental health care strategy, from the perspective of Enlarged Clinic and Psychiatric Reform. The study was accomplished with health professionals from several areas in the following municipal services: Psychosocial Care Center II, Psychosocial Care Center Alcohol and Drugs II, Psychosocial Care Center Children and Youth II and Psychiatric Ward. For data collection was used the approach of the focus group and, for data analysis, the Collective Subject Discourse (CSD). This research enabled the questioning about the subject and the opening of opportunities to enable the construction of this work in the services, which consists in a powerful strategy for mental health reform.
Psychiatric Reform; Mental health; Enlarged Clinic; Therapeutic Accompaniment