THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT CENTERS - CAPS: BETWEEN PROGRESS AND RETROCESSES

This is a research about the challenges faced by CAPS in the political context, in order to understand the advances and setbacks faced by the Service since its institutionalization. This qualitative study was made through an examination of legal instruments, analysis of CAPS ordinances and regulations and articles about the theme published between 2008 and 2022. The analysis of articles published between 2019 and 2022 were used as basis for understanding the main setbacks and challenges imposed by the Temer and Bolsonaro governments (2016-2022). The importance of this study consists in increasing the critical and political views of the CAPS and to integrate reflections that collaborate with its technical and theoretical improvement. Its results showed that, despite the advances, the last seven years imposed importante setbacks on the device, especially in terms of funding and quality expansion in the Brazilian territory. Keywords: Advances. Setbacks. Challenges. CAPS