Objective: To characterize and compare the attitudes of nurses working in primary healthcare on the importance of involving the families of people with mental disorders in nursing care. Method: A cross-sectional study carried out in the cities of Porto (Portugal) and São Paulo (Brazil). Data was collected in 2018 using the “The Importance of Families in Nursing Care - Nurses’ Attitudes” scale. Results: There were 250 Portuguese and 250 Brazilian nurses who participated. The total average score on the scale was 86.0 in Portugal and 82.1 in Brazil (with a maximum possible of 104). The variables which influence a more favorable attitude towards the involvement of families in nursing care in the Portuguese context are academic qualifications and age, while in Brazil they are training on Family Nursing and the weekly workload. Conclusion: Participants in both countries have a positive attitude towards families, which constitutes a first step towards their integration in nursing care and also enables advances in mental health politics.

Objective: to understand how the contradictions and tensions of neoliberal policy, materialized in precarious work, affect nursing workers’ mental health in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: this is a study with a qualitative and descriptive approach, analyzed in the light of neoliberal economic policy. Data were collected through virtual means, with the participation of 719 nursing workers, from April to June 2020. To organize the data, the IRaMuTeQ® software and thematic analysis were used. Results: the reports revealed the lack of value of workers and the loss of social labor rights; the progressive nature of the neoliberal policy, its threats and repercussions on workers’ mental health; and recognition by female workers that political and class participation does not occur in isolation, but collectively. Conclusion: under the aegis of neoliberal policy, the COVID-19 pandemic brought an upsurge precarious work, influencing nursing workers’ subjectivity and mental health.

Objectives: To characterize the attitudes of nurses working in primary health care on the importance of involving families in nursing care to the person with mental disorder. Method: A cross - sectional descriptive study with a quantitative approach performed with 328 nurses who work in primary health care in Porto, Portugal. Families Importance in Nursing Care - Nurses Attitudes (FINC-NA) scale was applied. Results: Scale scores were elevated, mean value was 85.9 (Maximum possible 104). The significant correlations were with the variables: academic qualifications (p = 0.001), specialization (p = 0.002) and professional activity context (p = 0.001). Conclusion and implications for practice: Nurses demonstrate a high degree of agreement about the importance of families in nursing care to the person with mental disorder. Positive attitudes of nurses regarding the importance of involving families in care are fundamental to enhance the quality of care in the presence of mental disorder.

Objective: to identify the knowledge and strategies for the care of the Nursing team of Primary Health Care, the subject with suicidal behavior. Method: quantitative, descriptive and exploratory study, with data collected from a questionnaire in five Basic Health Units, then typed in the Epi Info 6.04 Program, analyzed with simple frequency and presented in tables. Results: 72 professionals, eight nurses, 20 Nursing assistants and 44 community health agents participated in the study, who presented difficulties in classifying the degree of risk of suicidal behavior, compromising the care provided and referrals qualified for specialized mental health services. Conclusion: the education and the qualification of the professionals is necessary, to help in the detection of risk factors for suicide. By effectively preventing them and contributing to public health, in order to have a professional capable of acting and intervening in situations that are so present in mental health. Descriptors: Suicide; Nursing Team; Delivery of Health Care; Primary Health Care. RESUMOObjetivo: identificar o conhecimento e as estratégias para o cuidado da equipe de Enfermagem da Atenção Primária à Saúde ao sujeito com comportamento suicida. Método: estudo quantitativo, descritivo e exploratório, com dados coletados a partir de um questionário em cinco Unidades Básicas de Saúde, em seguida, digitados no Programa Epi Info 6.04, analisados por frequência simples e apresentados em tabelas. Resultados: participaram do estudo 72 profissionais, oito enfermeiras, 20 auxiliares de Enfermagem e 44 agentes comunitários de saúde, que apresentaram dificuldades em classificar o grau de risco do comportamento suicida, comprometendo os cuidados prestados e os encaminhamentos qualificados para os serviços especializados em saúde mental. Conclusão: são necessárias a educação e a capacitação dos profissionais para ajudar na detecção de fatores de risco para o suicídio, prevenindo-o de maneira efetiva e contribuindo para a saúde pública, a fim de ter um profissional capacitado para atuar e intervir frente a situações tão presentes na saúde mental. Descritores: Suicídio; Equipe de Enfermagem; Assistência à Saúde; Atenção Primária a Saúde. RESUMENObjetivo: identificar el conocimiento y las estrategias para el cuidado del equipo de Enfermería de la Atención Primaria a la Salud, al sujeto con comportamiento suicida. Método: estudio cuantitativo, descriptivo y exploratorio, con datos recolectados a partir de un cuestionario en cinco Unidades Básicas de Salud, a continuación, digitados en el Programa Epi Info 6.04, con análisis de frecuencia simple y presentados en tablas. Resultados: participaron del estudio 72 profesionales, ocho enfermeras, 20 auxiliares de Enfermería y 44 agentes comunitarios de salud, que presentaron dificultades en clasificar el grado de riesgo del comportamiento suicida, comprometiendo los cuidados prestados y los encaminamientos calificados para los servicios especializados en salud mental. Conclusión: son necesarias la educación ...