The complexity of Psychosocial attention in Primary Health Care: formative experiences

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: This article reports a supervised internship experience developed within the scope of Psychology in a public university in the interior of Bahia. OBJECTIVE: This  internship aimed giving to the trainees experiencing the complexity of Psychosocial Care from a real and effective immersion in Primary Health Care. METHOD: The trainees lived during a semester the logic of an interprofessional work, composing intervention projects to act in Family Health Centers, but also interfacing with other levels of technological density of the Public Health System and other sectorial policies, such as Social Assistance and Education. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: This stage, lived mainly through group activities, waiting room activities, individual visits, home visits and interconsultations, invited the students to deal with very challenging situations for Psychology: to understand the social determinants involved in the processes of health-disease; the need for effective multi/interprofessional work, articulation with the Network of Health Care/Psychosocial, among other aspects. FINAL CONSIDERATIONS: The insertion of Psychology in Primary Health Care should be based on the ability to read the context of the social and health needs of the population to think about the type of care it needs. It is necessary that Psychology and its professionals overcome the barriers of a professional identity rooted in biomedical knowledge and find a practice and an ethical-political commitment that takes care of the person in an integral and humanized way.