A Transexualidade em Questão em Serviços de Saúde Mental com Leitos Masculinos e Femininos do Rio Grande do Sul

Abstract

Studies suggest that LGBT population's issues are becomig more visible, and this includes mental health. Despite significant advances due to the creation of the National LGBT Health Policy, in Brazil, health services often still think their practices without taking this policy in account. Thus, we proposed a reflection for the teams of a psychiatric hospital wing and of a CAPS AD III (Center for Psychossocial Attention - Alcohol and Drugs) regarding the assistance to transsexuals, whenever these users need an overnight stay in the facilities, where the beds are separated in male/female. Focus groups were conducted with each team and the analysis was done by the OnockoCampos Narrative Method. Eight themes were chosen for analysis, and they are exposed in this article by means of narratives. (English) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]