title: [Challenges for Psychosocial Care Centers as alternative services: the new chronicity in question].
abstract: This paper is part of a qualitatively oriented research project conducted in a Psychosocial Care Center (Caps) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The goal of this work was to analyze the risks of a new chronicity in this service. The research was based on semi-structured interviews with professionals, patients and relatives, analyzing the data from a social constructionist perspective. The main conclusion of this study is that the people interviewed agree with the tendency of a new chronicity, an expression that was useful to analyze the operations, advances and challenges of this service.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Estudos e Pesquisas em Saúde Mental e Atenção Psicossocial, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. nogueirarangel@gmail.com
authors.forename: Mariana Nogueira Rangel
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Pande
authors.forename: Paulo Duarte de Carvalho
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Amarante
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D003155:Community Mental Health Centers; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000592:standards*