Convivência na saúde mental: vinculação territorial na clínica psicossocial

Abstract

Objective: to explore coexistence in Mental Health and its psychosocial and therapeutic effects as a strategy through territorial bonding, formation of support networks, and implications in users’ lives. Methodology: theoretical-narrative review, selecting articles through terms and boolean search engines in databases and classical literature from our own collection. Results: the historical treatment of madness in Brazil privileged social isolation as a treatment measure, leading to social exclusion. The territory in Mental Health transcends physical space to a space qualified by the individual as a product of the relationships established within that context, redefining them as therapeutic spaces of autonomy, integration, and emancipation. Coexistence constitutes interaction with other experience and exchange moments and experiences, forming a network of connections serving as a counteractive and structuring reaction of the individual to this excluding perspective that produces madness. Conclusion:coexistence can be an important resource for promoting mental health to users, but a horizontal approach should be adopted, not institutionalized in social relations, considering that not all coexistence is inherently therapeutic.