MENTAL HEALTH IN SEGREGATED TERRITORIES: CLINIC OF RACIST-SEXIST VIOLENCE AND PSYCHOLOGY TRAINING

Abstract

Segregated territories are those where public power is absent, without quality health, education and leisure equipment. The periphery is a territory in general segregated from the city center and is mainly inhabited by black and white poor populations. This work was developed in a school institution in the city of Santo Antônio de Jesus. We seek to promote mental health actions aimed at the population that inhabits the periphery. The methodology consists of health workshops, thematic conversation circles and listening to the experiences of young people and their families and teachers in the school space. The activities were organized through sociological, ethnic-racial, psychoanalytical and social psychology readings. Playful activities and workshops promoted dialogue on issues such as racism, homophobia, segregation, sexism, among others. The results show that inserting oneself in the peripheral contexts of black youth through psychology is to promote the reception of mental health and the strengthening of social criticism for the political transformation of society based on the actions promoted by the subjects involved in the context.