TY - JOUR KW - Family Health KW - Health Personnel KW - Humans KW - Mental Health KW - Mental Health Services KW - Primary Health Care KW - Qualitative Research AU - L. C. B. Cardoso AU - S. S. Marcon AU - T. F. C. D. S. Rodrigues AU - M. Paiano AU - H. E. Peruzzo AU - B. C. C. Giacon-Arruda AU - L. B. Pinho A1 - AB - OBJECTIVE: To learn about the perceptions of the professionals who work in Primary Health Care about mental health care. METHODS: Descriptive and qualitative study, carried out with 29 health workers through open and individual interviews. The IRaMuTeQ® software was used to organize the data which, then, was submitted to a content analysis process in the thematic modality. RESULTS: Three classes emerged from the content analysis: "Perceptions about the mental health care provided in the city", "The biomedical paradigm in mental healthcare", and "Elements for the construction of a new way for professionals to act in mental health". FINAL CONSIDERATIONS: It was found that, despite the good infrastructure of the services and the elements pointed at by the professionals to create a new way to act, they do not do so, and the responsibility falls, mostly, on the psychologist to carry out these activities. AD - Universidade Estadual de Maringá. Maringá, Paraná, Brazil.; Universidade Estadual de Maringá. Maringá, Paraná, Brazil.; Universidade Estadual de Maringá. Maringá, Paraná, Brazil.; Universidade Estadual de Maringá. Maringá, Paraná, Brazil.; Universidade Estadual do Paraná. Paranavaí, Paraná, Brazil.; Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul. Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. BT - Revista brasileira de enfermagem C5 - Education & Workforce CP - Suppl. 3 DO - 10.1590/0034-7167-2019-0326 IS - Suppl. 3 JF - Revista brasileira de enfermagem LA - eng; por M1 - Journal Article N2 - OBJECTIVE: To learn about the perceptions of the professionals who work in Primary Health Care about mental health care. METHODS: Descriptive and qualitative study, carried out with 29 health workers through open and individual interviews. The IRaMuTeQ® software was used to organize the data which, then, was submitted to a content analysis process in the thematic modality. RESULTS: Three classes emerged from the content analysis: "Perceptions about the mental health care provided in the city", "The biomedical paradigm in mental healthcare", and "Elements for the construction of a new way for professionals to act in mental health". FINAL CONSIDERATIONS: It was found that, despite the good infrastructure of the services and the elements pointed at by the professionals to create a new way to act, they do not do so, and the responsibility falls, mostly, on the psychologist to carry out these activities. PY - 2021 SN - 1984-0446; 0034-7167 T1 - Mental health assistance in Primary Care: The perspective of professionals from the Family Health Strategy T2 - Revista brasileira de enfermagem TI - Mental health assistance in Primary Care: The perspective of professionals from the Family Health Strategy U1 - Education & Workforce U2 - 34852149 U3 - 10.1590/0034-7167-2019-0326 VL - 75 VO - 1984-0446; 0034-7167 Y1 - 2021 Y2 - Nov 26 ER -