Dos manicômios às residências terapêuticas: os dilemas para inclusão de pessoas vivendo com transtornos mentais.

Abstract

This monograph investigates the process in which the transition from asylums to therapeutic residences took place, relationships and care with people and groups living with the so- callad “mental disorders”, a process that emerged to restructure the brazilian psychiatric system and to return some social rights to people in these situations. Our initial reseach question was whether the innovations caused by the change from the old asylums to the modern Therapeutic Residences (RT’s) managed to advance in order to improve the quality of social inclusion of people with mental disorders? As a main objective, we assume to analyze the processo f moving from asylums to therapeutic residences, highlighting the advances and obstacles that allow the inclusion of people with mental disorders. For this investigation, we performed a bibliographic review at first, then we used two research techniques linked to qualitativemethodologies, observation and interview. The research revealed that the processo of social inclusion of people with mental disorders is still a long way off, as well as, therapeutic residences have na assistance character. However, the data presented reveal that even with the passage of time, graduates of the psychiatric system are still stigmatizad.