Mental health of penitentiary agents in Brazil: a systematic literature review

Authors

  • Gabriela da Silva Marques Universidade Feevale
  • Carmem Regina Giongo Universidade Feevale
  • Camila Ruckert Universidade Feevale

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18316/dialogo.v0i38.4202

Keywords:

Workers, prisons, mental health, review

Abstract

This study’s main goal is to present a systematic review of the Brazilian literature from the last ten years related to mental health of penitentiary agents. The survey was conducted through the portals BVS-Psi and BVS. There were 931 articles and eight of them were selected. According to the studies, penitentiary agents are unmotivated, professionally dissatisfied, anxious, and feeling emotional distress and high stress level. However, some studies showed that these workers feel confident about job stability and have bonus payment in salary.

Author Biographies

Gabriela da Silva Marques, Universidade Feevale

Estagiária no Centro Integrado de Psicologia - CIP, na Universidade Feevale e no Ambulatório de Saúde Mental de Novo Hamburgo. Acadêmica do último semestre do Curso de Psicologia, na Universidade Feevale. Além disso, é monitora da disciplina de Estágio Básico - entrevista e coordenação de grupos na Universidade Feevale.

Carmem Regina Giongo, Universidade Feevale

Graduada em Psicologia pela Universidade Feevale, especialista em Psicologia Organizacional pela UFRGS, mestre em Psicologia pela Unisinos, doutora em Psicologia Social e Institucional e pós-doutoranda em Psicologia Social e Institucional pela UFRGS. É pesquisadora do Núcleo de Estudos e Pesquisa em Saúde e Trabalho (NEST) da UFRGS e docente do curso de Psicologia da Universidade Feevale.

Camila Ruckert, Universidade Feevale

Acadêmica de Psicologia da Universidade Feevale

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Published

2018-08-24

Issue

No. 38 (2018)

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