It is an experience report done with chronic psycotic clients, in a process of institution desconstruction, that have been followed by a nurse in a CAPS*/NAPS from Florianópolis, during ten years, it is from 1989 to 1999. By the end of this period, it can be visualized that chronic psycotic clients, when they are in a sistematic outpatient attendance with a link in a therapeutic group, can keep a reasonable health life, reaching their goals, overcoming their crises and keeping themselves out of the mental hospital.* CAPS: Psychosocial Service Center
Psychotic clients; nursing; psychiatric assistance; CAPS