This work reports the experience of the Intensive Care Program Directed to Psychotic Patients in Salvador. During four years and a half, 40 patients were followed by interns and furthermore 111 professionals were trained in mental health care based on the great experience gained with the Program. The Program included home care, therapeutic assistance (TA), living spaces, family support and support to individual needs, all this conducted by two supervisors, who assisted the interns using multiple theoretical references in the interpretation and intervention with individuals who have, in general, a precarious possibility of dealing with the situations due to serious mental, social and familiar disorganization. The results of the project can be measured as a pedagogical experiment that has an impact on the plans of formation and assistance in mental health. The program prompted the theoretical production of the trainees what led, in the University, to the creation of the Laboratory of Studies of Interpersonal Relationships and Mental Health. The professional growth of the interns reflected their great social recognition and different qualification when working with mental health as professionals. In the care plan, a large improvement in the quality of life of patients with significant exemption from the hospital as a means of treatment was observed. This study points to the need of building spaces of practice that bet and encourage independence, creativity and ethical commitment of the students.
Psychologists education; Home attending program; Psychiatric reform; Clinic program