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10 de outubro: saúde mental é democracia

October 10: Mental health is democracy

On World Mental Health Day, celebrated on October 10, it is worth remembering a simple and powerful idea: in Brazil, mental health care was built alongside democracy. The Brazilian Psychiatric Reform did not come from the doctor’s offices. It came from the streets, from the...

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Cuidado em Liberdade! 18 de Maio, Dia da Luta Antimanicomial no Brasil

Care in Freedom! May 18, Anti-Asylum Day in Brazil

National Health Council, at its 378th Ordinary Meeting, received the Department of Mental Health, Alcohol and Other Drugs (DESMAD/SAES/MS). In the year 2026, the Brazilian anti-asylum movement celebrates an important legal milestone, the result of extensive mobilization that redirected the model of...

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