It presents the results of research on educational workshops focused on self-care, highlighting its applicability in the implementation of Nursing Care Systematization (NCS) in Mental Health. The workshops were based on the principles of Psychiatric Reform and were held as part of nursing care in a care service of children and adolescents Mental Health. The investigation was conducted by analyzing the workshop records held from April 2010 to November 2011. It was concluded that the workshops are a space for nursing interventions, health promotion, corrections of self-care deficit and psychosocial rehabilitation, and effectively contribute to the process of Systematization of Nursing Care in mental health.