Educação permanente em saúde mental: Relato de experiência

Abstract

This paper describes the development of the Mental Health pilot-course called Doctor, Am I normal?, gathering users, technicians and managers of the Psychosocial Care Center of Santos I (NAPS I). The project aimed to analyze the theoretical and methodological application in order to reflect on the care in mental health with the participation of the different actors involved. The application of the analysis showed important issues pertaining to the field of mental health: the medicalization process, the production of madness, the erasure of subjectivity and the subjects’ control. Thus, it provided reflections about the leading roles of the participants, the historical and social processes related to the therapeutics, the lore about psychic suffering and, at the same time, it aroused important reflections about the ethical and political dimension of care.