Abstract
The objective of this study was to understand the meanings related to mental health by remnants of two communities in the Guaporé Valley in the State of Rondônia. This is a qualitative study using interviews and conversation groups with 18 participants of both sexes. The analysis of empirical material was carried out according to the discourse analysis proposals, from the perspective of the Discursive Psychology. Through the theoretical-analytical resource three interpretive repertoires on mental health were identified: 1) Construction of mental suffering: recognition and ways of dealing with psychiatric symptoms; 2) Resources used by community residents in mental health care; and 3) Excessive consumption of alcoholic beverages as a mental health problem. These meanings point to the need for the construction and implementation of interventions and public health policies directed to this population that take into account their socio-historical and cultural aspects.
Mental Health; Quilombola Community; Production of Meanings