Política de saúde mental brasileira:uma análise a partir do pensamento de Franco Basaglia

Objective: to analyze Brazilian public policy in the light of Franco Basaglia's thinking. Method: qualitative study, which uses documentary analysis of reports from national mental health conferences, Brazilian legislation related to health and the main ordinances related to the mental health area until 2019. Results: Basaglia's thought about the extinction of asylums and the creation of new territorial mental health care services, were important stimuli in the political construction and organization of territorial services, replacing the asylum, in Brazil. During this period, the Brazilian psychiatric reform has faced challenges, but it has also produced important advances in the implantation of a wide network of territorial services, although it has not yet extinguished asylums. Conclusions: based on the analysis, it was possible to reaffirm the strength points reached so far, as well as to advance in the criticism and in the resizing of horizons of the Brazilian mental health policy.