Associação entre as condições de trabalho e o desenvolvimento de transtornos mentais

Abstract

Mental disorders are one of the main causes of absence from work and the granting of sick pay, being characterized as a problem not only of public health, but also of an economic one. Due to the increasingly frequent incidence of symptoms and diagnoses of mental illness, Brazil is faced with a scenario of increased government spending on health and companies have been faced with occasional difficulties in managing sick workers who, sometimes, there was a significant drop in the performance of its activities. Based on this, this study proposes to empirically investigate the way in which the work environment itself tends to influence the development of mental illnesses in workers. To this end, economic estimates were carried out using the binary probit response method with national data related to workers' mental health. The only source of (secondary) data used is the 2019 National Health Survey (PNS) – in short, a nationwide household survey carried out by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics in partnership with the Brazilian Ministry of Health, with 2019 being the last year of occurrence. In this research, the socioeconomic and working conditions of the Brazilian population aged 14 to 59 years, of both sexes and economically active, are confirmed. The results presented did not refute the hypotheses and, concomitantly, the bibliographic survey focused on mental health allows us to conclude that the working conditions in which individuals are inserted can be considered a triggering factor for mental illness.