ABSTRACT
The articulation process of the Psychosocial Care Network is a daily challenge linked to comprehensive health care and stigmas about mental disorders, and it is necessary to rethink strategies that intensify the articulation in an inclusive way, guaranteeing access for all the population. This article describes a qualitative approach intervention research, using workshops as a method of Permanent Education in Health, presenting the community health agents as a target audience. The purpose of this study is to enable the intervention, implementation and analysis of this methodology, aiming to promote a space of exchange, collective creation and transformation of the practice in the daily production of health among professionals and users with mental disorders, thinking the strengthening of the protagonism in the Psychosocial Care Network, according to the Psychiatric Reform. This research promoted meetings with reflective activities and inventive learning that allowed ‘joint construction’, starting with problems identified in daily life and building together the common solution. While building the solution, this study strengthened the relationship between the teams within those services of the Psychosocial Care Network, encouraging these professionals to be an extension of the Psychosocial Care Center in the territory.
KEYWORDS
Primary Health Care; Mental health; Community health workers; Education public health professional; Interdisciplinary placement