Prioridades de investigação em saúde mental e a transformação do modelo assistencial

Abstract

BACKGROUND: In the last two decades, Brazil has undergone a transformation of its model of mental health care, characterized by a redirection of care focused on hospitalization for a logic of attention focused on community-based services. AIM: This study aimed to analyze the production of knowledge in Mental Health by Brazilian nurses in relation to the thematic priorities of the Mental Health Agenda. METHODS: Data was sought in articles in Portuguese language in indexed scientific databases. To contextualize the issue, a survey was also made about the distribution of mental health services in Brazil. RESULTS: From a search of the database 54 articles were found. Among them, it might be noted that in Brazil there is an uneven production with respect to the volume of research in nursing Mental Health for each region of the country. It is proposed that nurses seek to tune their research topics prioritized in the Mental Health Agenda. The linkage on the Agenda is the most important action in the legitimation of this instrument in National Policy for Science, Technology and Innovation in Health in Brazil, and will allow health research priorities that will be in line with the principles of the Public Health System. CONCLUSIONS: We need more evaluation research to compare the cost-benefit of the models of alternative care, seeking the quality of coverage, because research may become crucial for a change.