title: [Perception about the nursing practice in the psychosocial care centers].
abstract: The practice of nursing in the psychosocial care centers in mental health is something made in the institutions daily from established interactions among professionals, patients, and the patient's family. This research is somewhat exploratory and has a qualitative approach. It aims to know the daily practice of professionals from Psychosocial Care Centers on daily practice of the nurse in this kind of work. The collected data were made by means of-semi-structured interviews. From the thematic analysis of the data, two themes appeared: the nurse establishes the first contact with the patients; that is, the nurse is the link between doctors and patients. The results show that the practice of nursing in mental health searches to construct inventive actions, establish affective ties, welcome the patients, and contradict the different way by which some uncommon people are seen the "insane" as a threat. It is a practice that emphasizes the meaning of life production, that is, the increase of the patient's capacity to establish social exchanges, giving him/her greater autonomy.
authors.affiliation: UFCG, Campus de Cajazeiras, Paraíba, Brasil. oliveirafb@uol.com.br
authors.forename: Francisca Bezerra
authors.initials: FB
authors.lastname: de Oliveira
authors.forename: Karla Maria Duarte
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: Joana Celine
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Costa e Silva
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008605:Mental Health Services; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing