INFORMATION REGIME IN FORENSIC PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS: ANALYSIS OF CONSTITUTIVE ELEMENTS
ELEMENTOS CONSTITUTIVOS
Keywords:
Information,, Information regime,, Forensic psychiatric hospitalAbstract
An information regime is characterized by a set of elements such as actors, norms, practices, technologies, discourses, and information flows that organize the production, circulation, access, and use of information in specific contexts. In the case of forensic psychiatric hospitals, the information produced and materialized in documentary records is permeated by power relations and the centralization of specialized knowledge that legitimize dubious treatment practices. Therefore, the objective of this work is to discuss how the concept of information regime, as developed by authors in the field of Information Science, and its elements can be applied in forensic psychiatric hospital environments, which enables research on this topic. This is a bibliographical research, qualitative in nature and descriptive in character. As a result, we perceive the contribution of concepts from Information Science authors regarding information regimes and their constituent elements to understanding the functioning of forensic psychiatric hospitals, as well as the production, circulation, use, and preservation of information created by this type of institution. This highlights the importance of this regime for understanding the controls, stigmas, and exclusions carried out in forensic psychiatric hospitals, as well as for promoting current deinstitutionalization processes.