Matriciamento em saúde mental e suas contribuições para o fortalecimento da Estratégia Saúde da Família

Abstract

This work's objective was to investigate the matrix in mental health and its contributions to the strengthening of the Family Health Strategy within the Theory of Professional Links' perspective. It consists of a research with a qualitative approach that is substantiated within the Theory of Professional Links. The place where the research has taken place was a Family Health Strategy in the south region of Rio Grande do Sul. The participants of the study were ten professionals, being those: a doctor, a nurse, a psychologist, a physical educator, a psychiatrist, three public health agents, one therapeutic accompaniment; all belonging to the Family Health Strategy and matrix. The data were collected from August to December 2016. The data collection technique used was the semi-structured interview and simple observation. The analysis followed the operational concept of Minayo, emerging the following categories: the understanding of matrix teams and Family Health Strategy within the matrix support in mental health, matrix actions in mental health in the Family Health Strategy, interpersonal relations in the process of work between Family Health Strategy and matrix of mental health. With the results it was found that the understanding of the participants about the matrix in mental health is close to the one presented in the literature, because they bring in their statements the collaborative working in the discussion of the cases, exchange of knowledge and in the team work. Among the actions that involve matrix, there are the exchange of actions, the dialog between professionals and the approximation of the intersectional web. When it comes to tasks in the work group, the participants refer to the collaborative work, based on the links and the exchange of knowledge between the professionals, but some of them signalized the lack of performance in practice on the part of matrix, being little resolving. They also point out some thinks that lack in the work, between them the performance of matrix in the discourse, bringing the feeling of little resolvability and overload of work to the Family Health Strategy, demonstrating that the professional task of the group is not clear. The interpersonal relationship are established by the links and trust between the professionals, facilitating the contact between them, giving the opportunity of protagonism from the team, but point out little interaction on the part of some professionals, engaging a certain discomfort in the team. The matrix meetings are mentioned as important moments of exchange and agreement between the professionals, but the disengagement of some of them when it comes to participate in the meetings is criticized because there is no continuity in the discussions, turning the interpersonal relations fragile and superficial. The Theory of Professional Links is applied in the study of Matrix Support in the Family Health Strategy because it deals with concepts that will contribute to the working process, making it possible for the professionals to comprehend the group task, which are the jointly therapeutical actions of mental health.