%0 Journal Article %T A£¿£¿es de sa¨²de mental na regi£¿o norte do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil %A Martins %A Ricardo Vianna %A Rossetto %A Ma¨ªra %A Sartori %A Queli Daiane Nogueira %A Pinto %A ¨¦der Campos %A Van Der Sand %A Isabel Cristina Pacheco %A Hildebrandt %A Leila Mariza %J Revista Ga¨²cha de Enfermagem %D 2012 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %R 10.1590/S1983-14472012000100002 %X the objective this study is to describe the actions and intervention projects in mental health in the health services of the cities that are part of rio grande do sul's 15th regional health coordinating body (15a coordenadoria regional de sa¨²de). this is an exploratory, descriptive and qualitative research. a questionnaire was applied to health professionals and managers who were part of regional mental health forums. from the content analysis as proposed by minayo, the following categories emerged: one which describes mental health care in the health services of the municipalities, including aspects related to mental disorders, to the organization of the mental health team, to the main developed actions and to the difficulties found; the other category is about intervention projects in mental health that, according to the subjects, will be implanted in the cities. relevant points the regional network of mental health care were identified, which will be helpful in planning and improving care. %K mental health %K health services %K health personnel. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1983-14472012000100002&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en