Abstract

AZEVEDO, Rodrigo Mauro Lacerda; BRAGA, Rodrigo de Santana Geraldo; CORTES, Helena Moraes  and  PINHO, Paula Hayasi. Treatment recorded in directly observed video: a possible tool in mental health. Mudanças [online]. 2019, vol.27, n.2, pp. 35-38. ISSN 0104-3269.

We will describe the experience of using Directly Observed Video Recorded Therapy with a mental health user in a city in the Recôncavo da Bahia. The videos were sent by Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS). This technique was decisive for her daily use of her medications without any failure, which enabled a rapid improvement of her delusional production. We suggest that the introduction of directly observed recordings in the acute period of severe mental disorders could favor a better therapeutic outcome, since it would provide the safety of the correct use of medications at this time.

Keywords : Mental health; Adhesion to medication; Directly observed therapy.

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