"Tornar-se psicóloga hospitalar": relato de experiência da constituição de um serviço de psicologia

Abstract

Although falling ill is inherent to the human condition, this especially when it unfolds in hospitalizations, has an important potential to cause significant disruptions in the person, family and health team. In this context, the Hospital Psychology Service has an important contribution in welcoming and treating psychically ill people, but, above all, as a guide to reduce the suffering caused by hospitalization and possible emotional comorbidities. Through this service, it becomes possible to expand the comprehensive and interdisciplinary care of the hospitalized person. This article aims to describe the experience report of the implementation process of the Hospital Psychology Service in a city in the Recôncavo da Bahia that took place in the last four months of 2017. The relationships between the psychologist and the patients, their families and the team were described of health. The stages of construction of protocols and flow of care are presented at the time when an identity of the psychological doing in that institution was outlined. We conclude that the process of becoming a hospital psychologist and building a Hospital Psychology Service enabled different, very mobilizing and challenging experiences. It is possible to observe the relevance of this professional in terms of reducing the impacts, anxieties and fears inherent to the illness process and its repercussions for those involved.