POLÍTICAS PÚBLICAS DE SAÚDE MENTAL INFANTIL E SUA IMPLEMENTAÇÃO NO CENTRO DE ATENÇÃO PSICOSSOCIAL INFANTOJUVENIL (CAPSI) IMPERATRIZ-MA.

Abstract

This work had as a guiding concern the caring of children and adolescents with mental disorders by the Centro de Atenção Psicossocial Infantojuvenil (Capsi) - Center for Psychosocial Care Children and Youth in Imperatriz-MA, and its effectiveness in implementing public mental health policies, directed to target audience, recommended by the Ministry of Health, through Law n° 10.216-02. It is noteworthy that this law establishes a model of attention to mental health that is no longer based on isolation, from the so-called "asylums", but in the open service model, based on living with the family and the community and that it presented advances and challenges throughout its implementation and it has established a wide range of services and equipment available to people with psychological distress. The specific objectives were: to identify the public policies of the Ministry of Health - SUS towards children and adolescents with mental disorders and their implementation from January to December 2012, from the perspective of the users of the mentioned service, Capsi, as well as to outline the sociodemographic characteristics of those users. This is a quantitative-descriptive research in which it was identified and analyzed the policies and issues related to the services by means of a proportional random sample of 320 participants. The data was collected through literature, documentary research, in medical records, attendance reports (January to December 2012) and applying a form to parents and-or guardians of children and adolescents treated by this public service. In Brazil, about 10-20% of the population of children and adolescents suffer from mental disorders, and 3% to 4% require intensive care. Among the most common problems are there: mental retardation, autism, childhood psychosis, anxiety disorders, increased use of psychoactive substances and suicide, among adolescents. The city Imperatriz-MA, ranks as the second largest economic, political, cultural and population center in the state and the main region that binds the southwest of Maranhão, Tocantins northern and southern Para. According to IBGE, about one third of the population consists of children and adolescents, and out of these, at least 10% need health services related to mental disorders, whose care is relied over a single Capsi, located in Imperatriz, belonging to microregion n° 38, formed by 16 cities. In this context, the Capsi plays an important role in the articulation of the health services network, however, a deeper knowledge of the territory and its population and continuing education of its multidisciplinary team trun out to be indispensable factors in the implementation, planning and (re) organization on caring for children and adolescents in psychological distress.