The mental health professional in the psychiatric reform

Abstract

The aim of this article is to systematically and critically review scientific literature productions, published between 2003 and 2011, regarding the Brazilian Psychiatric Reform, including articles which focus on mental health professionals. This research was performed by means of systematically reading and analyzing the articles, considering their aims, methodology, results and conclusions. Fourteen articles were found. The results obtained in these studies converged, as they concluded that the workers were shown to be favorable and engaging in relation to the reform process. They also indicated problems and challenges in the quotidian, without overcoming, as expected, the conservative and reductionist views of mental disease. There is a gap that must be filled by further studies which include attention to emotional aspects that can be translated into interventions that help workers cope with their daily tasks.

Mental disease; Insanity; Health professional; Psychiatric reform; Mental health