Scientific production of mental health nursing using phenomenology's theoretical framework.

OBJECTIVE:To map and characterize the studies produced by stricto sensu postgraduate programs on mental health nursing care using the theoretical framework of phenomenology. METHOD:Bibliographic, retrospective, and descriptive research, carried out in October 2022 using the Catalog of Theses and Dissertations of the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel as a data source. The search strategy associated the term "phenomenology" with the Boolean operator "AND" and the descriptor "Mental Health". RESULTS:22 studies were identified, 15 were MS dissertations and (68%) and 7 (32%) were PhD theses. The main phenomenological framework was the work of Schütz. FINAL CONSIDERATIONS:The scientific production of nursing in mental health, in the light of phenomenology, is highly variable. Although still incipient, the interest in' phenomenology's framework illuminates new perspectives for paradigms of care that value users' singularities and potentialities.