ABSTRACT
In the context of ‘recovery’, in 1993, the Autonomous Management of Medication emerged, a strategy that aims to ensure that psychotropic users participate in decisions regarding their treatments, through dialogue and information exchange among those involved in mental health treatments with national studies, that demonstrate these effects. The aim of the study was to promote and qualitatively evaluate the implementation of the Autonomous Medication Management strategy at the Psychosocial Care Center of Curitiba (PR). Qualitative research was carried out, with the implementation of Autonomous Medication Management groups and semi-structured interviews. Users, Psychosocial Care Centers workers and medical students participated, totaling 18 respondents. The material was fully transcribed and the participants’ perceptions were evaluated based on Gadamerian hermeneutics, thus extracting argument nuclei, which were grouped into categories and analyzed later. It has been shown that the Autonomous Medication Management group assisted users in the process of knowledge and decision making about their treatments, as well as knowledge of their rights. The intervention was also relevant for professionals and students, reinforcing concepts such as the importance of valuing speech, experiences and user autonomy.
KEYWORDS
Mental health; Psychiatric rehabilitation; Medicalization; Empowerment for health