A SAÚDE MENTAL NA ATENÇÃO BÁSICA E OS DESAFIOS DA ATUAÇÃO DO PSICÓLOGO

Abstract

This article aims to explain about mental health in primary care, from a theoreticalcritical approach and intends to analyze the challenges faced in the work of the psychologist in this context. The choice of theme is justified by its relevance in the construction of studies that discuss mental health in primary care. At first, the historical context of health concepts in Brazil and in the world is approached, starting with the contextualization of mental health and the SUS and its approach in the public system; later, the perspectives and challenges of the psychologist and mental health in primary care are reported. As a result, it was found that the psychologist is a key part of the family health team, however, he/she has to be willing to assume a paradigm shift to transpose the traditional view, not only restricting the clinic, but assuming a critical position with a permanent and political commitment to the mental health user, articulating, however, all the available resources of the care network, enabling with its actions the care, promotion, prevention and organization of the care network in primary health care.