Sexualidade e sofrimento psíquico : implicações do corpo-equipe de um CAPS no Estado do Rio Grande do Sul.

Abstract

The manifestations of sexuality are acceptable for the general population, but when it comes to the mentally ill, mental disability, physical disability or a severe psychological distress, there are resistances. With the implementation of CAPS from Psychiatric Reform and the paradigm of deinstitutionalization, it is proposed a new reflection on the care of patients with severe mental disorders, as subjects of the right to citizenship, which includes the exercise of sexuality. It is important to highlight that is the perception the professional holds that guides their practice and consequently influences the way they deal with the patient, favoring or not their rehabilitation. Thus, this research project proposes to understand the perception of the professionals on the topic of sexuality, investigating how professionals deal with the manifestations of sexuality that appear in this service and to which extent the training prepares them to deal with this issue. In a first moment, were conducted a literature research on the topic of sexuality and the principles governing CAPS and their constituents. Following that, three meetings were organized in focus groups involving fifteen workers to talk about this subject. It was used the qualitative method of content analysis for the focus groups with staff, addressing the major categories of analysis. All the interviews were recorded and later transcribed without identification of the subject and then deleted. At the end of this research, we realized, along the lines, this is a place of health production, production of citizenship, fight for rights and social reintegration, as it is also a place for doubts, prejudices, insecurities and many questions. A team body that expresses a real portrait of a social body. It is through the exchange of experiences and stories, that is, through the Continuing Education that the team will become more cohesive, and this is what will set the tone when any intervention is necessary in such a subjective field as sexuality.