The connection between madness and work in the context of mental health and solidarity economy in the establishment of an intersectorial public policy for social inclusion through work, in current development since 2004, is the main focus of this research account which was carried out through two different proceedings: bibliographical and field research. The bibliographical research focused on work, exclusion/inclusion and subjectivity. The documents that were analyzed derived from psychiatric reform, solidarity economy and its articulation with mental health, as well as a study of the current experiences in Brazil. The field research was conducted in a Psychosocial Healthcare Center (CAPs) through the Intervenient Mechanism as an intervention praxis in constituting a social inclusion initiative through work. This research brought out some reflections on the intertwining of madness and work concerning the ways and meaning and the impact of the latter for the lives of those people who seek social inclusion. In the mental health and solidarity economy articulation it was realized that there is a centrality of work when it means a therapeutic resource, human rights, builder of subjectivity, and a great possibility of citizenship and empowerment as an instrument for social inclusion.
Madness; Work; Mental health; Solidarity economy