OBJECTIVE:
To analyze the understanding of family members and mental health professionals concerning the therapeutic activities implemented in the routines of Psychosocial Care Centers.
AIMS:
This qualitative study was conducted in a Psychosocial Care Center in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil.
RESULTS:
The therapeutic activities reveal many possibilities for implementing actions and practices according to new trends guiding care in the field. The results also reveal there is a risk of services adopting authoritarian and crystallized postures compatible with traditional care models, which the Psychiatric Reform campaign has struggled for more than 20 years to overcome.
CONCLUSIONS:
This study is expected to encourage a new perspective of Psychiatric Reform in the studied context and discussions about the teamwork processes and the relationships between services and patients.
Psychiatric Nursing; Mental Health; Health Policies