Seminário de Saúde do Trabalhador de Franca

Abstract

FERNANDES, Márcia Astrês and SOUSA, Lara Emanueli Neiva de. Sofrimento psíquico e a relação com o trabalho. In Proceedings of the 2nd Seminário de Saúde do Trabalhador de Franca, 2012, Franca (SP, Brazil) [online]. 2012 [cited 24 April 2024]. Available from: <http://www.proceedings.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=MSC0000000112012000100019&lng=en&nrm=iso> .

The present work isthe report of a case and aims todiscuss thepsychological distressof acontractorin the city ofTeresina,Piauí, who developed a mental disordercaused bystressfulworkday. The descriptionof the case wasrelevant, as itshowedhow the workcan act asa triggeroraggravatingapsychopathologicalframework. It was possible tobetter understandthe impactof workon health, especially mental healthand to verify theexistence ofa causal link betweenwork andmental suffering, and to understand howthis relationship is establishedin clinical practice.

Keywords : Work; Mental health; Occupational health.