A importância do ambiente construído na área de saúde mental: Centro de Referência em Saúde Mental (CERSAM) Leste de Belo Horizonte/MG

Abstract

This work aimed to search about the dimension of the space constructed materialized in today's substitute services to psychiatric hospital in the context of the Psychiatric Reform, focusing on a specific device: the Centro de Referência em Saúde Mental (CERSAM) Leste. In addition, raised questions about the territoriality where is inserted the mental health service and about the mental health policy proposed by the Psychiatric Reform and its implications and applications in physical spaces where the processing takes place. Also wanted to ask if in architectural structural materials aspects these spaces are in line with the Anti-Asylum principles. The literature review included understandings by Mental Health and Brazilian Psychiatric Reform experts, by psychiatrists, psychologists, philosophers and architects. There have been qualitative research through interviews in an attempt to explore the opinions and representations aspects about the topic, understanding of the 14 respondents worlds of life. One has made participant observation and a field diary on CERSAM Lestes two moments. There is a new look, a real dimensions revealing of a complex field and, therefore, one wished to obtain several outbreaks of the same object, the CERSAM Leste, which recorded perceptions of users, family, employees, ex-employees and others involved with the analyzed built environment. In this study, we made a first analysis, but many others would be viable, not running out in this research.