Atribuições do enfermeiro no Centro de Atenção Psicossocial para usuários de álcool e drogas

Abstract

Introduction: Psychiatric reform in Brazil was due to the inefficiency of health care, bringing a new perspective to mental health care and a reorientation of the care model, providing the construction of a health policy, as opposed to mental institutions, based on humanization process of psychiatric care. These new devices, with regard to the health team composition CAPS, should there was the obligation of the professional nurse. Methodology: This is a literature review to identify the articles, the following descriptors were used in Health Sciences (DeCS): "History of Psychiatry", "Psychosocial Care Center Alcohol and Drugs", "Duties of the Nurse, "query to the Virtual Health Library-VHL. 120 articles were found, the studies were first selected for the title, then the summary, being included in the initial sample 59 articles. After reading in full and thorough of selected publications for the study proceeded to the exclusion of 18 articles not answer the research question being included in the final sample 41 articles. Results and discussions: The following topics were discussed: historical survey of the psychiatric reform in the country, contributions of psychiatric reform in the history of psychiatry, nursing assignments in mental health and CAPS ad, importance of nurses for the services, and their difficulties and potentialities. In the health team composition CAPS ad, there must be a nurse must, at least, may have two or more. Nurses develop this service management and health care functions, working in comprehensive care, ranging from screening the inclusion of these individuals in group therapy, as well as the development and improvement of the health status of this person. Considerations end: It is necessary that the professional nurse use their creativity to develop the activities, and activities in health care are set to service objectives, bringing benefits and an answer to the individual in psychological distress and user health promotion, community, family and everyone involved in the care process in health.