Interdisciplinary nucleus of study, research and extension in mental health: history under construction

Abstract

This work aims to report the experience of an extension program that became a research group registered in the national system of researchers. This is an experience report as a methodological strategy for describing the observation of reality, an action or a set of them, based on a practice or experience in teaching, extension, research or assistance. The Interdisciplinary Nucleus of Study, Research and Extension in Mental Health was born with a focus on university-society integration, prioritizing themes and needs of the local-regional community, created as an extension program with several extension actions, punctual and continuous, as well as research linked to it structured for the training of human resources, from extension workers and undergraduate researchers to stricto sensu graduate students. Acting in an interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary perspective in a collaborative way in the organization of health practices that meet the needs of the population, respecting the principles of the Brazilian psychiatric reform and contributing to the production of scientific evidence in an ethical and systematic way.