This is a descriptive, qualitative case study about the speech of patients related to the quality of the therapeutic workshop on mental health. As guidelines we used the Project Quality Indexes, a set of techniques carried out and tested in the field of education, used in evaluating educational projects. Their use favored reaching the goal of the study: to point out the quality characteristics of therapeutic workshops based on patient commentary. The study was based on concepts guided by citizenship and contemplated in the psychosocial rehabilitation proposal that orients mental health care at the Psychiatric Institute in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Data was analyzed through speech analysis. Our reflections were based on the data obtained from 12 interviews carried out in a therapeutic workshop of the Psychiatric Institute Day-Hospital. From this data, we have perceived that psychiatric patient participation in these workshops may be associated to four main desires: better social relationships, decreased symptoms, aid with respect, and some remuneration.
Psychiatric nursing; Mental health; Rehabilitation; Quality indicators health care