Working Process of Military Police State Officers and Mental Health

被引:10
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作者
da Silva, Maurivan Batista [1 ]
Vieira, Sarita Brazao [2 ,3 ]
机构
[1] Area Tecnol Trabalho & Org, BR-58306180 Bayeux, PB, Brazil
[2] Univ Fed Paraiba UFPB, Dept Psicol, BR-58310000 Cabedelo, PB, Brazil
[3] UFPB, Programa Posgrad Engn Prod & Psicol Social, BR-58310000 Cabedelo, PB, Brazil
来源
SAUDE E SOCIEDADE | 2008年 / 17卷 / 04期
关键词
Work Organization; Military Police; Mental Health;
D O I
10.1590/S0104-12902008000400016
中图分类号
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
The Military Police are guided by two fundamental pillars discipline and hierarchy making them a complex organization with-groups of interests that hinder their capacity to change. The aim of the present study is to identify how the organization is structured and to relate it to mental health. We tried to contextualize the purposes of public safety services through a brief history of the state police, its division and how it has been used against daily violence. Based on labor psychology view, we made use of techniques and concepts based on the Ergonomics of the Activity and on labor Psychodynamics; observing the work process,document research, individual and collective interviews. Qualitative analysis demonstrated that military,officers are in the center of a link of forces coming from work organization, the precariousness of the work and, finally, from the contemporary society. The ways these relationships of forces are joined contribute to harmful implications to the mental health of professionals, favoring the increase in psychological suffering and it can lead to alcoholism, depression, and even suicide. Data-from Medical Council of Joao Pessoa, (2003 to 2005), show an average of 489 military officers who retired from work on medical grounds. These are worrisome figures in an area of public service that is essential to the population. These figures would be higher if the leaves granted in the workplace were also included. Procedures for granting internal leaves occur in an attempt to mediate the possible long period of health treatment.
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页码:161 / 170
页数:10
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