O exercício profissional do assistente social na saúde mental: análise de um CAPS em Juiz de Fora/MG

Abstract

The study analyzes the work process of social workers inserted in CAPS II of Juiz de Fora / MG, highlighting their competences and private attributions. For this it brings reflections on the category work and on the configurations of the world of work in contemporary capitalism. It presents a historical review of the social work profession, the history of madness and psychiatric reform, and then considers its impacts on the social work of CAPS. It presents the current legislations that regulate the mental health services and analyzes the daily work of the teams in which the social workers are inserted.