title: [Fragments of history in psychiatric care Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil].
abstract: This article aims to rescue aspects of the performing therapeutic of the Day Hospital (HD) Dr Elger Nunes, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, during its term, and analyze the results regarding to the number of patients assisted from 1996 to 2004. This is an empirical, descriptive and exploratory study, ex post facto with a quantitative approach, carried out through the analysis of the records of 910 people attended in the hospital. The data was submitted to the informational resource software Microsoft Excel and converted into diagrams. The results show a greater accessibility to this treatment modality, decreasing in hospitalization-time length and improving hospital discharge conditions for users, with reduction in number of patients who interrupted treatment. It focus on the importance of the Day Hospital in the process of psychiatric reform, with care grounded on the use of the humanized therapeutic practices, and still not losing the bond with family and society.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brasil.
authors.forename: Francisco Arnoldo Nunes
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: de Miranda
authors.forename: Raionara Cristina de Araújo
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: Dulcian Medeiros
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: de Azevedo
authors.forename: Rafaella Leite
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Fernandes
authors.forename: Tarciana Sampaio
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Costa
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D003631:Day Care, Medical; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000451:nursing*; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing; D013997:Time Factors