Mulheres diagnosticadas com transtorno mental, atendidas pelo serviço de saúde mental da Fundação Hospital de Clínicas Gaspar Vianna, Belém-PA (2007-2008): um estudo sobre violação de direitos das mulheres

Abstract

This work studies the treatment given to women diagnosed with mental illnesses in mental facilities, specifically, the women under treatment at Fundação Hospital de Clínicas Gaspar Vianna em Belém, Pará. It emphasizes the several ways of women‘s violations, whose own speeches were accounted for this work as a high point. It also analyzes the companions, most of them women, and staff‘s speeches, considering several sources (prompt books and testimonies). Both in testimonies and speeches, the women diagnosed with mental illnesses are normally despised, and, generally, ignored by government officials. After this, I dedicated myself to the study of public policies cut for these diagnosed persons with mental health. I also studied the Brazilian Federal Constitution (1988) and The Principles for the Protection of Persons with Mental Illness and for the Improvement of Mental Health Care(United Nations, 1991), highlighting the principle of human dignity, as well as the necessity of full exercise of citizenship by women diagnosed with metal illnesses.