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Saúde Mental no SUS: Os Centros de Atenção Psicossocial (Mental Health in the SUS)

Ministry of Health; Brazil Country Resources Mental Health Policies Brazil 31 December 2004 Policy document

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Esta publicação tem a intenção de ajudar os gestores, trabalhadores de saúde e usuários do SUS a saberem um pouco mais sobre os CAPS. Informações sobre a origem dos CAPS, seu crescimento em todo o país, a integração com a rede de saúde, a participação dos usuários e familiares, a distribuição dos medicamentos, a relação com a rede básica, as oficinas terapêuticas e vários outros temas são apresentados de maneira simples, com o objetivo de esclarecer sobre o modo de funcionamento desses novos serviços de saúde mental.

This publication is intended to help managers, health workers and users of the SUS to know a bit more about CAPS. Information on the origin of CAPS, its growth across the country, integration with network health, participation of users and families, distribution of drugs, the relationship with the core network, therapeutic workshops and various other topics are presented simply, in order to clarify the mode of operation of these new mental health services.

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