Human rights in Psychosocial Care Centers of Northeast Brazil: an evaluative study with reference to the WHO QualityRights

The article aims to evaluate the practices of Psychosocial Care Centers in respect for human rights of the users, analyzing their perceptions concerning the beliefs, values, habits, prejudices suffered, or not met demands and community participation, as concrete exercise of citizenship. Through the analysis of ethno-epidemiological data of the Project Avaliar-Caps Northeast (Ministry of Health/2013), using questionnaires and direct observation in the light of QualityRights, it was found that the Psychosocial Care Centers positively influence on the lives of the users, by encouraging their autonomy, the co-responsibility in the care and the sociocultural and political leadership in services and in their communities.