FAMILY PLANNING AND MENTAL HEALTH IN PRIMARY CARE: NURSES' PERSPECTIVES

Abstract

Family planning is included among the actions in Primary Care that are relevant and impactful on women's quality of life indicators. However, the particularities of women with mental disorders are still invisible to health professionals. The study aims to evaluate the family planning carried out by Primary Care nurses aimed at women with mental disorders. This is a qualitative and cross-sectional study with the aid of the Alceste Software for content analysis. The results showed that Primary Care nurses who perform family planning have difficulties in managing the program in their routines. When women with mental disorders are scored, these difficulties are accentuated, and in many cases, they are not even identified during the care, which remains fragmented in the demand presented, without looking at the woman's integrality. The nurses also pointed out that they feel a lack of matrix support and the collaboration of the CAPS in carrying out the program. We conclude that family planning should have a prominent place in continuous training and integrate nurses working in Mental Health, to achieve comprehensive care for women, demystifying myths instilled about pathologies and providing quality of life for this population.