title: Mental health services assessment in Brazil: systematic literature review.
abstract: Assessment in the mental health area is a mechanism able to generate information that positively helps decision-making. Therefore, it is necessary to appropriate on the existing discussions, reasoning the challenges and possibilities linked to knowledge production within this scientific filed. A systematic review of publications about the Brazilian scientific production on mental health service assessment was performed, identifying and discussing methods, assessment perspectives and results. The search for articles was done in IBECS, Lilacs and Scielo databases, considering the publication of Federal Law 10.216. Thirty-five articles were selected based on the used terms and on the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Scientific production in this field is concentrated in the South and Southwest regions and holds different scopes and participants. Such wide range of possibilities is adopted as a way to help improving services and decision-making processes in mental health care. Advances in humanized, participative and community care are highlighted, but requiring more investments, professional qualification and organizational improvements. It is postulated greater integration among research, with evaluations going beyond structural aspects and the comparison with hospitalocentric models.
authors.affiliation: Intervenção e Avaliação em Álcool e outras Drogas, Centro de Referência em Pesquisa, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, MG, Brasil, phantunes.costa@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Pedro Henrique Antunes
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: da Costa
authors.affiliation: Intervenção e Avaliação em Álcool e outras Drogas, Centro de Referência em Pesquisa, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, MG, Brasil, phantunes.costa@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Fernando Antonio Basile
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Colugnati
authors.affiliation: Intervenção e Avaliação em Álcool e outras Drogas, Centro de Referência em Pesquisa, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, MG, Brasil, phantunes.costa@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Telmo Mota
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Ronzani
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D008603:Mental Health; D008605:Mental Health Services