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The multidisciplinary team's perception on the structure of mental health services: phenomenological study
Letícia da Silva Schran1, Gicelle Galvan Machineski1, Maria Lúcia Frizon Rizzotto1
1Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná (UNIOESTE). Cascavel, PR, Brasil.
Objective:
To understand the multidisciplinary team`s perception in relation to the mental health services` organizational structure in the city of Cascavel-Paraná.
Methods:
It is exploratory, descriptive, qualitative study with Alfred Schütz's Social Phenomenology approach. The information was collected through a semi structured interview with professionals of those services, between May and July 2016 and analyzed from the social phenomenology`s assumptions.
Results:
From the analysis, the following categories were identified: the mental health care network`s organizational structure; care actions in the context of the mental health services` organizational structure and; expectations regarding the mental health care network.
Conclusions:
The multidisciplinary team has knowledge about the structural and organizational format of mental health services and has expectations of improvements regarding the future of mental health care in the city.
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