The Everyday Networks Analysis Method at an Assisted Residential Service: a case study
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5216/ree.v15i1.16128Keywords:
Mental Health, Mental Health Services, Methodology, Psychiatric NursingAbstract
ABSTRACT
The present study addresses the application of the Everyday Network Analysis Method (MARES, as per its acronym in Portuguese) developed by residents of two Assisted Residential Services in Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. This paper is an excerpt of the study “Networks that rehabilitate: evaluating innovative experiences of comprising psychosocial care networks”. The objective was to understand the social and service networks of residents of Assisted Residential Services by applying the referred methodology. Data were collected from interviews and focal groups with eleven residents in May 2010. The MARES method was applied in three steps: Mapping the Service Networks, the Sociability Network, and Constructing the Map of the Person– individual and collective. The analysis permitted to see and understand the interactions of residents with the territory, which contributes with their reinsertion to society. Using this methodology allowed for valuing everyday experiences and understanding how networks are formed.
Descriptors: Mental Health; Mental Health Services; Methodology; Psychiatric Nursing.
