Stigma:

a reality of the homeless population (PSR)

Abstract

This study belongs to the intersection of the field of Mental Health with the Social Sciences , and serves up this fruitful dialogue to address issues of the homeless population in a systemic perspective. The research aims to understand the social representations of health professionals regarding the homeless population CAPS AD SER III , as well as understand the labor face the everyday questions about subjectivity, hosting and intersectionality of the homeless population ( PSR ). Regarding the methodological stroke researchis based on the theory of social representations , is by its nature qualitative excellence. In that matches the subject of analysis, was elected a sample of 15 health professionals CAPS AD SER III accompanying patients must Population Profile in the streets ( PSR ). As instruments for data collection , we used semi- structured interviews and the field diary which is an instrumental of utmost importance. The data analysis was performed using the Collective Subject Discourse (CSD ) Lefevre (2005 ) that among the steps is the identification of key expressions, central ideas, anchors, culminating in the discourse of the collective subject (DSC) end. Social representations of participants seized are expressed and discussed in four group: Home, Intersectoral , Stigma and Subjectivity. Therefore , there is urgent need to enforce the public policies taking into account the profile of the PSR, and the formation of value, social reintegration , educational practices appropriate basic premises for the realization of the same.