Saúde em tempos ultraneoliberais: entre a atenção psicossocial e a (re)manicomialização

Authors

  • Edla Hoffmann UFRN
  • Lyzete Bruna Pereira Freitas UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO GRANDE DO NORTE

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47456/argumentum.v15i3.40121

Abstract

This article analyses the permanent fiscal adjustment regarding mental health policy that have

resurged under ultra-neoliberalism, the return of asylum practices, and the commodification of life in Brazil. Documentary analysis was conducted to understand public budget allocations for mental health policies using secondary data available on the Brazilian federal government websites and institutional documents. Results show the potentiation of the contradictions of the Brazilian Unified Health System and Psychosocial Care Network, intensified by fiscal austerity policies and public spending below user needs and to the detriment of capital. Its effects are harmful when confronted by the Covid-19 pandemic and setbacks regarding psychosocial care, pointing to a significant return of (re)asylum care with an emphasis on Therapeutic Communities.

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Author Biography

Lyzete Bruna Pereira Freitas, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO GRANDE DO NORTE

Student of the Social Service course at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN). Scholarship holder for Scientific Initiation in the research project “The Implications of Fiscal Adjustment in Social Policies, in the worsening of poverty and in social inequalities”. Member of the Study and Research Group on Social Issues, Social Policies and Social Work (GEPQPSOCIAL) at UFRN.

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Published

30-09-2023

How to Cite

Hoffmann, E., & Pereira Freitas, L. B. (2023). Saúde em tempos ultraneoliberais: entre a atenção psicossocial e a (re)manicomialização. Argumentum, 15(3), 48–64. https://doi.org/10.47456/argumentum.v15i3.40121

Issue

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

Section

Thematic Articles

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