Care strategies adopted by nurses for the implementation of Psychosocial Care Centers

Objective: to understand nursing care strategies during the implementation of the Psychosocial Care Centers. Methods: this is a qualitative research with a social-historical approach, whose primary sources were written documents and seven oral statements. Results: the care strategies evidenced were: integration in the team; organization of the work process; study group; interdisciplinary action; workshops; use of light care technologies. Conclusion: the strategies were in agreement with the Brazilian Psychiatric Reform movement and reinforced that the nurse was a fundamental member in the team for the development of the deinstitutionalization and psychosocial rehabilitation with the patients of the Psychosocial Care Centers researched. Descriptors: Nursing; Strategies; Mental Health Services.