Nos limites da saúde mental : a loucura na perspectiva do discurso bioético

AUTOR(ES)
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2007

RESUMO

The present dissertation has as objective an investigation of the theoretical systemization concerning the madness starting from the current bioethics speech. A qualitative research was developed, using the technique of published and systematic indexed scientific article revision in databases. One searched to explicit the existing relation enters the fields of the bioethics and of the mental health and after that, to contextualized the found results, it was analyzed history of the conception of madness and the traditionally used treatments for its confrontation. The obtained results indicate great variety of related themes, although of incipient systemization: autonomy and determination of competence of the mental patients; genetic prediction of mental diseases; guilt levels; public politics of mental health; therapeutics and psychiatric ethics; prejudice and stigma of the disease and of the mental patient. The text suggests a larger discussion about the madness and mental health in the field of the bioethics and he wants to contribute to improve knowledge at this theme.

ASSUNTO(S)

mental health bioética ética saúde mental ciencias da saude bioethics ethics mental disorders transtornos mentais

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