Encaminhamento oferecido ao paciente em sofrimento psíquico na emergência geral

Objective: This study aims to analyze the forwarding given to patients in psychological distress in a general emergency of a public hospital. Methods: Developed it an exploratory and descriptive survey of qualitative analysis, with fourteen professionals of a general emergency in Recife. Data were collected through a semi structured instrument and interviews were recorded and transcribed. They treated the data by thematic analysis content technique highlighting four categories. Results: According to the results, respondents said the patient for psychological distress in emergency situations should be referred to a specialized hospital. Ignore what he says the Psychiatric Reform, referencing these people to any other hospitals. We reject this patient in this space. Conclusion: Given this perspective believe that mental health needs to take firm steps into actions and awareness training of health professionals on social accountability so necessary to the humanization of care.