Saúde mental da mulher: a utilização do grupo como ferramenta terapêutica para promover bem-estar, autoestima e qualidade de vida

Objective: Promote health through the creation of a therapeutic group aimed at women with a focus on common mental disorders in a city in Ceara. Methods: This is an intervention research, which took place at the Family Health Center (CSF) referred to. The research subjects were women who have some psychological distress. The intervention took place in three stages, the first being a round-the-clock moment with Community Health Agents (CHA), the second for reading medical records to select potential participants for the group and the third stage was the creation of the group, carried out in six weekly meetings. Results: At the beginning of October 2016, the first moment with the CHWs was held, the users were invited to the first meeting, where the theme of the next five meetings was chosen by the participants, the topics covered were: depression/anxiety, cinetherapy, clothing workshop, stress and the last one about self-esteem. Conclusion: The therapeutic group proved to be efficient in achieving the objectives of this study, since in each meeting the trust between the participants emerged and they started to support each other, from the moment they started to identify with each other.