Care, Social Emancipation and Mental Health

The goal of this research area is to study Occupational Therapy interventions with populations in distress mental health disorders, in their most diverse problems, aiming at the mental health care of individual and collectives as a strength to perform meaningful activities/occupations in daily life in a social emancipation perspective.

The research area works with epistemological contributions of Mental Health in its relations with Public Health and Human and Social Sciences, dialoguing with the assumptions of Occupational Therapy in Psychosocial Rehabilitation, Occupational Therapy as Life Production and Dynamic Occupational Therapy. The research encompasses contributions of occupational therapy focusing on: a) the e subjects’ singularities and their contexts, highlighting the territory and the psychosocial care delivery, b) the existing and potential specificities for the development of social and care technologies and processes of social emancipation.

The research projects involve topics such as occupational therapy and psychosocial care; therapeutic processes and clinical-professional reasoning; adult and child mental health; social inclusion through work and solidarity economy; processes of social emancipation; public health policies; management and work processes; collaborative networks for work and continuing education with an emphasis on mental health.

Faculties responsible for the projects of this research are: 

• Amanda Dourado Souza Akahosi Fernandes
• Éllen Cristina Ricci
• Giovana Garcia Morato
• Isabela Aparecida de Oliveira Lussi
• Maria Fernanda Barboza Cid
• Sabrina Helena Ferigato
• Tais Quevedo Marcolino
• Teresinha Cid Constantinidis