Health Policy: Conjunctures For Working in Psychosocial Care in Brazil

Objective: The general objective of the work was to analyze the situation of the Social Welfare State in an international context and its relationship with the current Brazilian situation regarding relations with the Mental Health Policy in the country. Theoretical Framework: The Welfare State or Social Welfare State was configured as an economic, political and moral reconstruction, after the Second World War and its model in Brazil, historical contexts that marked and facilitated the emergence of Health Reform, as a movement that leverages Politics of Brazilian Health. Method: The study is characterized as bibliographic produced using qualitative methodology. Results and discussion: It is noteworthy that, moving forward with the dissent of the health movement: the emergence of the Psychiatric Reform processes. This panorama helps us in the current discussion about the implementation and regionalization of the Psychosocial Care Network (RAPS), which have become consolidated in the field of Mental Health. Implications of the Research: The research highlights the importance of Psychiatric Reform in the Brazilian context and the presence of a Mental Health Policy that is strengthened within the networks. Originality/Value: Therefore, the study stands out for being an academic study based on the assumptions of the perspective of a new restructuring for Health and Mental Health Policy in Brazil, through work articulated in a care network.