Violencia intrafamiliar y apoyo ético-político: redes de atención informal de usuarios del centro de atención psicosocial y del centro de referencia de atención social en el contexto brasileño

This study aimed to identify and discuss the informalcare networks of women in situations of domestic violence who are users of mental health and social assistance specialized care services in a city of the interior of Northeast Brazil. The theoretical and methodological perspectives adopted were the institutional analysis with an emphasis on intervention-research, which allowed to visualize the forces that tend to the reproduction (instituted) and those that tend to transform a certain phenomenon (instituting). To this end, six meetings were carried out with the professionals of the domestic violence services, plus interviews with four women from the meetings. Also, other instruments used in this studywere the research diary, ecomaps, and medical records of the services. Thus, the data analysis flowed to identify three analyzers about what has remained and what has been transformed in the informal networks of care for women in situations of domestic violence. The first analyzer refers to the women’s informal network configuration based on domestic violence. The second consists in the relationship between the formal and informal network, and the third consists in the warm and living networks possibly built with the contribution of the research process. It is also worth noting the important role of the informal network as a care sevice for women in situations of domestic violence and ethical-political suffering, as it appears as a network capable of contributing to the participation and autonomy of users within healthcare. O presente estudo objetivou identificar e discutir as redes de cuidados informais de mulheres em situação de violência doméstica, e que são usuárias de serviços de atenção especializada em saúde mental e assistência social de uma cidade do interior do Nordeste. A perspectiva teórico-metodológica adotada foi a Análise Institucional, com ênfase na pesquisa-intervenção, que permite visualizar as forças que tendem à reprodução (instituído), e as que tendem à transformação de determinado fenômeno (instituinte). Para tanto, foram realizadas, ao todo, seis rodas de conversa com os profissionais dos serviços acerca da temática da violência doméstica, e entrevistas com quatro mulheres escolhidas nas rodas de conversas. Além disso, outros instrumentos utilizados neste estudo foram o diário de pesquisa, os ecomapas e os prontuários dos serviços. Dessa maneira, a análise dos dados permitiu identificar três analisadores acerca do que tem permanecido