Los (des)caminos de la formación profesional del psicólogo en Brasil para la actuación en la salud publica

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ID14968769
AuthorsMagda Dimenstein (0000-0002-5000-2915, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, corresponding author)
Year2003
Volume13
Issue5
Pages341-345
Publication date2003-05-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRevista Panamericana de Salud Pública (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1020-4989 • E-ISSN: 1680-5348
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/s1020-49892003000400014
PMID12831440
OpenAlexW1998923032
SciELOS1020-49892003000400014
LanguageES
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In Brazil, the practice of psychologists in public health-care institutions is hampered by the professional training that they have received. That training is inadequate in meeting the requirements of primary health care, in satisfying the needs of the patients who use the public health-care system, and in overcoming the social inequalities that exist in Brazil. This piece is intended to identify the factors that make it harder to provide adequate psychological care in public health-care institutions, especially in the local Basic Health Units of Brazil's public health-care system, the Unified Health System. These hindrances to providing good care mainly originate in training that points psychologists in the direction of very restricted models of health care. These narrow models prevent the psychologists from responding appropriately to the needs of their patient clientele and of the public institutions. These limited models also make it hard for psychologists to adapt to the dynamic conditions that they will face in the Unified Health System

Health care · Political science · Public health · Public health care · Social science · Sociology · Health, Nursing, Elderly Care · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Psychology and Mental Health · Youth, Drugs, and Violence · Health Policy

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