The National Anti-Drug Fund (FUNAD) and psychiatric counter-reform

Authors

  • Pedro Henrique Antunes da Costa Universidade de Brasília (UnB)
  • Kíssila Teixeira Mendes Universidade do Distrito Federal Professor Jorge Amaury Maia Nunes (UnDF)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47456/argumentum.v15i3.39919

Abstract

This article analyses how the National Anti-Drug Fund (Fundo Nacional Antidrogas - FUNAD) has been used to finance mental health, alcohol, and other drugs policies, specifically within the context of Psychiatric Counter-Reform (PC) under the Bolsonaro government. We utilised state sources and academic literature on FUNAD and the relevant policies. We found that FUNAD has been used to intensify repression and attacks on Brazilian Psychiatric Reform, subsidising the PC movement in its asylum, privatist, and conservative character, in particular via Therapeutic Communities, in a form of reverse social control. We point out the centrality of addressing FUNAD in academic productions, praxis, and militancy regarding mental health, alcohol, and other drugs.

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Author Biographies

Pedro Henrique Antunes da Costa, Universidade de Brasília (UnB)

Psicólogo. Doutor em Psicologia. Professor no Instituto de Psicologia na Universidade de Brasília. (UnB, Brasília (DF), Brasil).

Kíssila Teixeira Mendes, Universidade do Distrito Federal Professor Jorge Amaury Maia Nunes (UnDF)

Cientista Social, Psicóloga e Bacharela em Ciências Humanas. Doutora em Psicologia. Professora Universidade do Distrito Federal Professor Jorge Amaury Maia Nunes. (UnDF, Brasília, Brasil).

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Published

30-09-2023

How to Cite

Costa, P. H. A. da, & Mendes, K. T. (2023). The National Anti-Drug Fund (FUNAD) and psychiatric counter-reform. Argumentum, 15(3), 156–170. https://doi.org/10.47456/argumentum.v15i3.39919

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 3 (2023): Mental health in times of crisis: im(pertinent) refletions

Section

Thematic Articles

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