Oficina de música e saúde mental - a formação inicial em Psicologia como um ensaio para a atuação profissional

Abstract

An Undergraduate Thesis can be considered the closure of a process; in this case, the closure of the Psychology Graduation at the Federal University of Uberlandia (UFU). As a singer, guitar player and had participated, at the end of the course, of a project of university extension that also involved music, I chose to write this paper in the format of an essay. Essay here was thought as a preliminary work prior to the debut of an artistic show as well as a text composed of stories, memories; finally, a course. I bring the music as the main element in reporting and analyzing the "Workshop on Music and Mental Health", a partnership of the Psychology graduation and the Music graduation, the Home Care Service (HCS) and the Psychiatry Sector of the Hospital of Clinics of UFU. I participated in the activities of HCS, and together with the colleagues of the Psychology and Music, we visited users of the health system who are unable to travel to the hospital for medical reasons. Our intention in this project was to bring a little comfort through music to those who are inserted in a routine where the focus hardly gets out of the disease, bringing a little relief to the patients and also to the caregivers who are also immersed in the routines of care, to the detriment of their life goals, since the demand for user care is enormous. It is fundamental to think that Music, when dealing with the singularities of each one of us, deserves to occupy a space in the graduation in Psychology, bringing a personal development that is beyond the techniques and theories that base the two study areas.