The family in mental health care: challenges for the production of lives

Abstract

The study questions the place of families in the production of mental health care. Of qualitative character, it was developed in the production of narratives and experiences with a Psychosocial Care Center (CAPS) type III of João Pessoa-PB, between February and November of 2015. The researchers followed the production of care for a user: the Capoeirista. Since then, new visibilities have been produced for the family in the production of care: 1. Family as a space for a care plan dispute; 2. Family that also needs to be cared for; and, 3. Family as part of the user's social life. In this sense, CAPS needs to re-define the profile of its user, extrapolating from the individual to the familiar.