Psicologia do trabalho

Débora Miriam Raab Glina 1
Lys Esther Rocha 2
Maria Lucia Batista 3
Maria Goretti Vieira Mendonça 3
[pic] |Saúde mental e trabalho: uma reflexão sobre o nexo com o trabalho e o diagnóstico, com base na prática
Mental health and work: a discussion of the connection between work and diagnosis based on daily practice | |
|1 Departamento de Saúde Ambiental, Faculdade | |Abstract Seven cases of workers selected among 150 who had undergone psychiatric |
|de Saúde Pública, Universidade de São Paulo. | |treatment at the Workers' Health Reference Centers in Santo Amaro and André Gabois |
|Av. Dr. Arnaldo 715, sala 217, São Paulo, SP | |from 1994 to 1997 were presented for a detailed analysis characterizing work |
|01246-904, [e-mail]| |situations and discussing definition of the diagnosis and causal connections with |
|2 Departamento de Medicina Legal, Ética | |work. The qualitative case study provides a thematic analysis of the patient history |
|Médica, Medicina Social e do Trabalho, | |and files. Work situations are characterized by: unhealthy working conditions, |
|Faculdade de Medicina LIM-40, Universidade de| |problems related to work organization, inadequate human resources management, and |
|São Paulo. Rua Teodoro Sampaio 115, São | |urban violence. Symptoms included: fear, anxiety, depression, nervousness, tension, |
|Paulo, SP 05405-000, Brasil. [e-mail] | |fatigue, malaise, loss of appetite, sleep disorders, and psychosomatic disorders |
|3 Centro de Referência de Saúde do | |(gastritis, hypertension); in addition, workers were unable to forget about work |
|Trabalhador André Gabois, Secretaria | |while off the job. Diagnosis varied. Three cases involved post-traumatic syndrome. |
|Municipal da Saúde, Prefeitura Municipal de | |Two cases involved organic psychosis linked to accidents or exposure to neurotoxic |
|São Paulo. Rua