MENTAL HEALTH IN PRIMARY CARE: ANALYSIS OF MEDICAL PRACTICE
Mental health; Primary health care; Medical Practice.
Primary Health Care (PHC) emerges as a way to face the growing demand in mental health and in this context, medical practice needs to correspond to this new reality, moving away from mere medicalization and approaching approaches that promote comprehensive care and shared. Given this, the present study will aim to analyze the medical practice in PHC in the face of cases of mental health of the population in a municipality in Alagoas. This is a qualitative study, which will be developed from an exploratory approach. Physicians working in the PHC who attend mental health cases in a municipality in Alagoas belonging to the 5th health region will participate in the research, intentionally selected - through the convenience criterion. The data will be collected / produced by means of a semi-structured interview script - elaborated specifically for this research purpose. The interviews will take place individually. The data produced will be treated by means of thematic content analysis. In the end, it is expected to propose improvements in practice and medical care in the context of mental health in PHC.