The crisis in the mental health of the Brazilian worker screams for attention

The crisis in the mental health of the Brazilian worker screams for attention


* By Carla Brandão

Do you know how the mental health of the Brazilian worker is? The data of the Ministry of Social Security indicate that 470,000 people were removed from work by 2024 due to mental disorders. This means that almost half a million workers have not been able to exercise what companies expect from them.




The tiring trips and the pressure to satisfy various leaving parameters are doing damage and people can no longer hide the symptoms of anxiety, depression and Burnout, For example. I see it daily in the office, but the therapy does not solve when the stadium of one of these problems is already advanced. In such cases, the treatment is multidisciplinary and drug.

It is noteworthy that, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), we are the most anxious country on the planet. In this new study, the major victims of diseases that endanger mental health are women who have been more than 40 years old. According to the last census, women keep 49.1% of houses in Brazil financially. Therefore, I can say that we are facing a social crisis that tends to grow only.

If prejudice therapy has been seen before, it is now part of the reality of many people. THE National Social Security Institute (INSS) is already feeling the weight of this imbalance. Last year departures were on average three months. And this situation tends to worsen.

Mental health of the Brazilian worker: what to do?

The government is already taking measures to align with the New Times, including a certification implemented last year for companies that make the worker’s mental health, offering, for example, psychological and psychiatric support, awareness programs with training and campaigns and so on …

In May, a standard enters into force that promises to shake the owners’ room of any company. After all, anyone who does not comply will be punished. I’m talking Nr1which has also changed in 2024 and will impose the identification, management and reduction of psychosocial risks in the workplace.

The conservation of mental health will show, at least, the processing of awareness campaigns and the keeping of lessons within companies. Those who do not understand that mental health is a luxury article in Postpandy Times at risk of being part of some statistics.

*Carla Brandão He is a psychoanalyst and writer

Source: Terra

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