The practice of Recovery in Brazil based on the lived experience of health professionals
a phenomenological study
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Health personnel, Mental health, Psychiatric rehabilitation, Qualitative researchAbstract
The Recovery model, as a paradigm for mental health care, has been expanding internationally and is characterized by each person taking the lead in managing their own recovery journey. Its primary goal is not a cure or merely eliminating symptoms but rather the development of one’s sense of self and citizenship. This study aims to phenomenologically describe and understand the lived experiences of providers in Brazil’s Psychosocial Care Network in relation to this model. Grounded in Husserlian phenomenology, the research involved dialogical encounters with seven participants, after which comprehensive narratives were created. The following elements emerged: “the desire for change, but the experience of frustration”; “the desire to be heard but being a minority”; and “the desire to do more but feeling constrained”. Results reveal that Brazil’s Psychosocial Care has not yet incorporated the Recovery model. Swimming against the current, professionals feel a pushback and long for a distant, ideal place in which the trajectory of mental health services will have Recovery as their destination.
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