Abstract
This article aims to present some reflections on a group experience inspired by the GAM strategy (Gaining Autonomy and Medication Management). Our goal is to bring the theoretical discussion about the process of social medicalization closer to the discussion regarding the possibilities of repositioning the subject through practices based on recovery. Through the group's proposal, which invites the voices and versions of the participants to challenge the hegemonic biomedical view of their conditions, our aim was to stimulate conversation among peers and recognize the participants' positions of speech, their influences, and their possibilities of resistance to identifying themselves and their experiences solely from the perspective of mental illness. We were able to conclude that groups inspired by the GAM strategy can offer potentially stimulating spaces for individuals. These spaces aim to mitigate the alienating role of diagnosis and divert it from the generalizations that often arise within the spectrum of mental illness, instead emphasizing the development of social bonds.
Keywords:
Mental health; GAM; Recovery; Bioidentities; Social bond