Arquitetura humanizada e saúde mental: estudo preliminar arquitetônico de um Centro de Atenção Psicossocial para mulheres em São Luís – MA

Abstract

Studies show that women are more likely to develop mental disorders due to social, cultural and economics conditions where they live. Those conditions are reinforced by the gender inequality that, normally, puts the woman in a submissive position related to man. Often making the male presence represents a threat source. Therefore, the present work has as main goal to develop a preliminary study of architecture of a Center of Psico-social Attention directed exclusively to the attendance of women with mental disorders in the city of São Luis – MA, in which, the project‟s conception will be based in the principals of humanized architecture in health‟s area. Searching to achieve the projectual expected result, the study presents a contextualization of mental health, its characteristics and existent methods of treatment. Emphasizing the mental health scenario under gender approach, where it was diagnosed the importance of an attendance space to mental health exclusive to the feminine public. Researches related to the guidelines of humanization on the architecture field in hospital environments were also addressed, aiming the better understanding of contribution of this methodology on the recovery process of the patients. Therefore, as exploratory visits in centers of mental health treatment, for the better perception about it‟s functioning of this type of facility. From the research developed and the data survey on the intervention area, the conception of the project was developed, resulting in a construction that convey a humanized, feminine, welcoming and healthy atmosphere to the patients of the institution.