摘要：Este estudo é o resultado de uma reflexão sobre o significado histórico da alta demanda infantil aos serviços de saúde mental na rede pública de saúde. Através da literatura produzida sobre o tema infância, buscamos recuperar aspectos concernentes à sua constituição enquanto produção social. Pontuamos a existência de uma crise para a infância - enquanto categoria histórica - na pós-modernidade e destacamos algumas rupturas presentes no pensar sobre a infância. Ao nos referirmos a todas as crianças como crianças em si 2, negamos que a grande maioria delas são tratadas como crianças tão somente 3 ou seja, apenas pelo dado da maturação biológica. Identificamos que tal crise, para as crianças tão somente - pertencentes às classes populares - não é exclusiva da era pós-moderna. Abstract Juvenile claim on mental health care: sign of crisis. This study is a result of the reflection on the historical meaning of the high juvenile claim on mental health care in public health care units. Through literature about childhood subject, we attempted to recover aspects concerning to its formation since social production. We point out the existence of a childhood crisis - while historical category - in post modern times and we emphasise the presence of some breaks in that childhood reflection. When referring to all children as children as a whole4, we deny that most of them are treated as children by themselves, for instance, just by their biological maturation. We identified that such crisis in children by themselves5 - from working classes - does not belong exclusively to the post-modern times.
其他摘要：This study is a result of the reflection on the historical meaning of the high juvenile claim on mental health care in public health care units. Through literature about childhood subject, we attempted to recover aspects concerning to its formation since social production. We point out the existence of a childhood crisis - while historical category - in post modern times and we emphasise the presence of some breaks in that childhood reflection. When referring to all children as children as a whole4, we deny that most of them are treated as children by themselves, for instance, just by their biological maturation. We identified that such crisis in children by themselves5 - from working classes - does not belong exclusively to the post-modern times. Palavras-chave: Infância, Saúde mental infantil, Saúde pública.
关键词：Infância; Saúde mental infantil; Saúde pública;Childhood; Juvenile mental health; Public health
