Professional performance in mental health in the family health support centers: An integrative review

Abstract

Mental health depends on each individual's cognitive and emotional quality of life. Mental imbalances are conditions that significantly affect human behavior and social interaction, and in this context, it is necessary to have a humanized view of the professionals belonging to the Family Health Support Centers. In view of this, the following question was raised: what would be the performance of mental health professionals in primary care? The objective of the study was to carry out a survey of the publications on the performance of professionals in the NASFs in the area of mental health during the period from 2012 to 2017. This is an integrative review of the literature performed in the databases of SciELO, LILACS and of PubMed, using the descriptors "Mental Health" and "Primary Attention" and "Family Health Support Center". The inclusion criteria were articles related to the theme, published in both English and Portuguese, during the period between January 2012 to January 2017, while the exclusion criteria were studies of literature review, repeated publications, reviews, opinion articles and experience reports. In this sense, the results showed that there are still professionals in the Family Health Strategy (FHS), as well as in the NASF, with difficulties in approaching patients who present mental disorder due to lack of qualification and elect biomedical and hospitalocentric thoughts. However, another portion of the assistants report insecurity about care, but they refer patients to the Psychosocial Care Centers (CAPS), because it is a strategic point of the health care network. Thus, it is necessary the matriciamento offered to multiprofessional teams of mental health with the intent to expand health actions and promote the humanization of care so that it is holistic and directed.