Implantação e avaliação de programa de capacitação e acompanhamento em saúde mental na Atenção Básica

Abstract

One of the obstacles to the monitoring of mentally ill patients in primary care is the unpreparedness of health teams for issues pertinent to the field of mental health. In this sense, it is important to create actions and strategies that enable the training of these professionals. The objective of this work was to train professionals in basic health services, encouraging improvements in work processes with regard to mental health demands. The course was offered online by the Telehealth Center of Tocantins State, in partnership with the Federal University of Tocantins and the State Health Department of Tocantins. The research methodology used was based on a quantitative and descriptive approach, with a methodological design of the intervention type. In addition to a general assessment quest for the course applied at the beginning and end of the course, two instruments were also used to assess its impact on the training of these health professionals in the dimensions of breadth and depth. There were 222 enrolled in the course. Of these, 120 dropped out, 102 completed the course, and 53 responded to the questionnaires. The results indicated that the training course in mental health had a positive impact on the acquisition of knowledge and the performance of professionals, especially in the dimension of breadth. And about the depth dimension, the impact wasn´t global, but it influenced aspects related to professional performance and development, to practical knowledge, technical knowledge and teamwork, interpersonal relationships and communication. The discussion about the results also made it possible to reflect on the weaknesses and potential of health services. It is concluded that the training courses can become a strategy with the capacity for new reflections on professional practice, encouraging changes in attitude and collective transformation of reality and daily life.