Articulation of care networks between Psychosocial Care Center (CAPS) and Mental Health Ward in General Hospital (abstract: p. 16)

This study aims at analyzing the perspective of workers of Mental Health Nursing in General Hospital (ESMHG) and Psychosocial Care Center (CAPS) regarding shared care provided to users hospitalized in the ESMHG. It is a fourth-generation qualitative research with hermeneutic approach. The data were collected from focus groups, which were recorded and transformed into narratives. The following are discussed: hospitalization criteria, objective of vacancy regulation, networking, and hospitalization time. The heterogeneous services provided to people with acute status show, on the one hand, the powerful plurality of the ways of providing care. On the other hand, they show contradictions marked by the estrangement among services and by the lack of common criteria. Therefore, there are practical fragmentation situations and the need for strengthening network interlocution spaces.