Brazilian anti-asylum movement
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The anti-asylum movement or anti-asylum fight (Portuguese: movimento antimanicomial) is an organized movement in
Origins
The movement itself was born after a chain of worldwide political events and is celebrated on May 18 in Brazil. On May 18, 1987, about 350 employees of
In its roots, the movement is connected to the Reforma Sanitária Brasileira (Brazilian Sanitary Reform) whose outcome was the Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS) ("Unified Health System"). It's also related to deinstitutionalisation of Psychiatry developed in the cities of Gorizia and Trieste in Italy, by Italian psychiatrist Franco Basaglia in the 1960s.[1]
Goals
As a crucial part of its ongoing movement, Psychiatric Reform took place under Law 10216 of 2001 (Lei Paulo Delgado) seeking reformulation of the current model adopted by
Their agenda aims a change in the belief that mental disorders are treated solely with medications and institutionalization. It launches a campaign against the prejudice and discrimination faced by patients, whose identity and virtues are often ignored in the process, giving then importance to psychotherapy and dialogue, distancing those placed under care from stressful environments while integrating them with family, friends and significant others. Anti-asylum movement is also responsible for the privilege given to stable patients to have freedom to transit in and out the institution while sleeping in their own homes.
Results
The conditions of mental health in Brazil improved slightly, as the Psychiatric Institutionalization is still not over and many hospitals across the country still haven't adapted themselves to the new regent laws. A considerable amount of asylums were transformed into Centers of Psychosocial Attention (Brazilian Portuguese: "Centros de Atenção Psicossocial", simply known as "CAPS").
External links
- CRP of São Paulo on Week of Anti-Asylum Awareness (Portuguese only)
- The anti-asylum movement in Brazil by Lígia Helena Hahn Lüchmann and J. Rodrigues
- Psychiatric Reform - Centro Cultural Ministério da Saúde (Portuguese only)
- Anti-asylum movement on Portuguese Wikipedia
References
- ^ "Gueto Frigideira entrvista Renato Pompeu". www.enxurrada.com.br. Archived from the original on 21 April 2001. Retrieved 13 January 2022.