SAÚDE MENTAL E TRABALHO: DIÁLOGOS SOBRE DIREITO, DESEJO E NECESSIDADE DE ACESSO

Abstract

Introduction: Based on a research undertaken as part of a professional master's degree, which aimed to study social inclusion through work in the context of Brazil's Psychiatric Reform. Objective: To analyze the dimensions of rights, desire, and need in work inclusion practices aimed at people with mental disorders. Method: We elected seven workshops among the income generation initiatives that make up the psychosocial attention network in the municipality of Campinas, SP. Qualitative approach using data production techniques such as participant observation, followed by the production of field journals and the organization of focal groups with workshop participants and health professionals. Data analysis and results came from connecting viewpoints and crossing data found in research tools. Results: Associative and cooperative work following the lines of solidarity economy is a political option based on Brazil's Psychiatric Reform, and allows us to identify different expressions of (a) needs, (b) desires, and (c) rights present in the narratives of people with mental disorders, which are trespassed by themes such as access to work and treatment interfacing. Conclusion: Cooperative and supportive work constitutes an important instrument for the insertion of people with mental disorders by approaching in an inclusive way the singularities of people with psychological suffering, considering their desires, rights and needs on the everyday life.