Psychiatric reform and issues of class, race/ethnicity and gender: particularities of the brazilian context: particularities of the brazilian context

Abstract

The objective of the article is to analyze the flow of the Brazilian Psychiatric Reform from the colonial, classist, racist and patriarcal lines that mark the country´s social and economic formation. This discussion, focused on the dimensions of class, gender and race/ethnicity, was erased during the process of construction, implementation and effectiveness of mental health and psychosocial care policies.