This investigation sought to understand how mental healthcare is being produced within primary healthcare, from the experiences of professionals, users and family members, picked up through semistructured interviews. The information obtained was categorized according to features observed in effecting the interface between primary care and mental health, described as: medicationalization of mental health problem...
Information about the health councils are important to set strategies that guarantee the their participative management and maximum performance. We aimed to analyze the organization and functioning of the municipal and regional health councils of Fortaleza - CE. It is an exploratory, descriptive study. Data were collected between February and July 2006 and, from February to June 2007 through documental analysis...