One of the current obstacles to the psychiatric reform is the absence of an agile, flexible and problem-solving welfare network. The proposed removal of users from the hospital in a planned and assisted is a key strategy in the process of deinstitutionalization, in order to avoid the phenomenon of so marked rehospitalization. This situation is related to the lack of a network of care outside hospitals, as well as supporting and monitoring of the user by the technical team in partnership with families. On this basis, there was an investigation into a psychiatric hospital in the city of Natal, to evaluate the process of deployment and operation of the Project for Assisted Discharge currently in progress at that institution. This work discusses the results of this research.
Mental Health; Psychiatric Reform; Psychiatric Hospital; Assisted-Discharge; Social Reintegration
