THE (NOT) PLACE OF A BLACK PERSON PSYCHOLOGIST IN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF (NEO) COLONIAL PRACTICES IN A CAPS AD III

Abstract

Introduction: In this pandemic period, the mental health situation of the black population has been aggravated. Furthermore, black subjects are the ones who most seek shelter and need interventions in Caps ad III. Objective: discuss the (neo)colonial practices experienced by a black psychologist in her work trajectory in Mental Health. Evidencing the importance of studies and research that consider the racial and gender variables, intersectional form. Method: Experience report of a black psychologist in two Caps ad, through three episodes described that were silenced, denied and neglected. Understood as offenses and injuries to the black person and seen the practice privileges of whiteness. They are experiences contextualized with the conception of mental health and racism, the profile of Caps ad users, the prejudice and stereotype of users of alcohol and other drugs, the role of black women psychologists in the deconstruction of (neo)colonial practices in mental health. Results: In a critical theoretical analysis, the discussions point to the existence of structural and institutional racism, established by the racial relations between members of the multi-professional team, among their peers and with the subjects who seek much more than treatment for chemical dependence, but the redemption, their identity, and their dignity. Conclusion: The denial and silenced of the occurrence of institutional racism and practices that insert the presence of (neo)colonialism, explores the relevance of professionals and users, whether black or white, to remove their symbolic “masks” and become protagonists in the historical reparation that generates the intensify of psychic suffering.