O ensino de enfermagem em saúde mental e psiquiátrica no Paraná

It is a descriptive exploratory research, qualitative in nature, aiming to unveil nursing teaching of mental and psychiatric health in nursing graduation courses in Paraná State/Brazil.It is grounded on nurses' studies and other professionals who focused on nursing teaching and mental and psychiatric health as well as on the Process for Psychiatric Reform in Brazil.The investigation took up 23 nursing graduation courses from 19 superior level schools, according to data by the Ministry of Education from September/2002 which agreed to participate, disregarding their institutional status, public, private, philanthropic, or the time such courses have been set up.Nineteen (19) teachers of this area were the subjects.It was evidenced that, nowadays, curricula have been discussed and reorganized due to the new Law of Guidelines and Grounds for Education and Curricula Guidelines for nursing graduation courses.Teaching in the area of mental and psychiatric health has been influenced by the federal legislation of teaching as well as the current Psychiatric Reform.Teachers recognize that the Psychiatric Reform is necessary and should be implemented.They realize the urgent need to redefine concepts of mental health and mental disease and come up with alternative forms of treatment for the individual undergoing psychic suffering, which are not only focused on hospitalization but also value each individual's healthy potential, objectifying prevention and health promotion and rescue citizenship through individual's re-socialization.Faculty members manifested their dissatisfaction with the contradicting and slow pace to effect the implementation of the State Mental Health Program for its municipalities.Such delay hinders the necessary changes to educate nurses for the area due to the lack or inexistence of services under a network system in order to carry out the training of future professionals

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