Contrarreforma psiquiátrica: o desmonte da Politica Nacional de Saúde Mental nos anos de 2016 a 2020 e suas implicações na luta antimanicomial no Brasil

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the consequences of the dismantling of the National

Mental Health Policy from 2016 to 2020, given the progress of the Brazilian anti- asylum movement. It is a qualitative and explanatory research, with bibliographic and

documentary forms of the Dada collection method. First, the process of psychiatric reform in Brazil and its impact on mental health care were studied. Then, an investigation was made of the government documents that provide a set of guidelines for mental health policies that represent a paradigmatic shift in terms of what has been implemented up to that period. Finally, the consistency of these guidelines with the conceptual and methodological approaches that lead the anti-asylum movement in Brazil was evaluated. The results indicate a setback in the process of deinstitutionalization, since the implemented public policies have favored the reintroduction of an asylum-oriented model in mental health care, to the detriment of the expansion and strengthening of the mental health care network.