Speeches of caps users on therapeutic and religious practices

Abstract

This study aimed to analyze the discursive construction of the relationship between therapeutic and religious practices of evangelicals that use services of CAPS I and CAPS II at Campina Grande-PB. This is a qualitative research based on the Discursive Social Psychology theoretical-methodological approach. Therefore, we performed eight narrative interviews, as well as conversation circles with eight users. It was noticed a relation between demand for a biomedical system and the searching for religious services. We analyzed that not only the CAPS services provides care to psychological distress, but religious spaces also. Considering that there is a need for construction and invention of new practices in mental health, it becomes necessary to promote a meeting between Psychology fields with religious knowledge, as well as a reflection on the possible links between them, in an attempt to meet the desires and meanings of mental health services users.