AS OFICINAS DE CRIAÇÃO COLETIVA EM SAÚDE MENTAL DA UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE PELOTAS E A QUALIDADE DE VIDA DOS USUÁRIOS DO GRUPO LIBERDADE

Abstract

This research, linked to the Mestrado em Política Social at the Catholic University of Pelotas, aims to analyze the quality of life of users of Collective Creation Workshop, participants of the Grupo Liberdade, the Mental Health Clinic of the Federal University of Pelotas - UFPEL. It thus explores concepts of health and mental health, citizenship, quality of life, psychosocial rehabilitation and therapeutic workshop, inserted into the paradigm of deinstitutionalization of the Brazilian Psychiatric Reform. The insertion professional researcher in the group in question, as well as questions about the results actually produced by this device care and attention on mental health, favored the realization of this research qualitative order, classified as a case study, a cross-sectional and use the following instruments: application for users of the WHOQOL - bref (WHO), composed of 26 questions, focusing on four domains (physical, psychological, level of independence, environment); conducting focus groups with users and their relatives, and document analysis records and records of the Workshop Therapeutics (WT), mainly items related to medication and hospitalization. The results obtained from the survey shows that there was a better score in the psychological domain for those users participating in leisure activities (70.8% p = 0.038) and physical activity (79.2% p = 0.026). Furthermore, it is observed that when aware of the importance of drug treatment and, with the help of WT Grupo Liberdade rescue the self-esteem and autonomy, users reframe their identity, seeking their rights as citizens and thus increase their quality of life