%0 Journal Article %T Compara£¿£¿o da assist¨ºncia em sa¨²de mental em unidades b¨¢sicas de sa¨²de com ou sem equipe do Programa de Sa¨²de da Fam¨ªlia %A Ribeiro %A M¨¢rio S¨¦rgio %A Alves %A M¨¢rcio Jos¨¦ Martins %A Silva %A Priscila Matthiesen e %A Vieira %A Eveline Maria de Melo %J Revista de Psiquiatria do Rio Grande do Sul %D 2009 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %R 10.1590/S0101-81082009000100009 %X introduction: the objective of this study was to compare the profile of mental health assistance provided at primary care units (pcus) with and without a family health program (fhp) team. method: observational study evaluating patients referred by pcus located in the coverage area of a specialized mental health institution between april 2003 and march 2006. results: the pcu with a fhp team presented better global standards for data recording, higher exclusive participation of medical doctors on their referral to specialists (p = 0.000), lower capacity of patient retention (p = 0.099), higher rates of treatment dropout in secondary level (p = 0.060), and lower percentage of counter-referral by the specialized team (p = 0.028). the overall index of diagnostic agreement was similar for both types of pcu model, with a reasonable level of agreement (kappa index of 44.5 and 43.0%, respectively, for pcus with and without a fhp team). conclusion: the pcu with a fhp team did not present results compatible with what would be expected based on its hypothetically better quality. %K mental health %K primary health care %K health services evaluation %K family health program. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0101-81082009000100009&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en