Mental Health: Focusing On Health Professionals - Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 06-01-2020;73:e73supl01
Mental health is an inseparable part of our health, and health-related themes have been calling the attention of population, institutions, and managers, especially in our current setting with the COVID-19 pandemic. The daily life of care practice of health professionals is full of concern, uncertainty, tension, and anguish. They have been susceptible to psychological distress as they struggle to carry out professional tasks, allied to emotional instability in the face of fear, pain, and sadness of patients. Also, there is a rising concern among researchers, teachers, and employers with issues on mental health related to work. Perspectives bring up agreement concerning the rapid growth of mental disorders and psychological distress among professionals. Therefore, articulating mental health and social and occupational is paramount.
The current issue is exploring the multi-causal phenomenon that is directly affecting many sectors in the universe of health care. This phenomenon causes damage and brings indirect implications to the quality of life of health workers, to the occupational health of institutions, to care conditions, to psychological conditions of those who offer or seek help. Based on that, it is imperative to elaborate an analysis, in a recursive and complex manner, of factors responsible for the commitment of health workers to psychological health. In this sense, the need to reflect on sociopolitical elements, working conditions, and contemporaneity issues present in the context lived by these actors emerges.
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Mental health is an inseparable part of our health, and health-related themes have been calling the attention of population, institutions, and managers, especially in our current setting with the COVID-19 pandemic. The daily life of care practice of health professionals is full of concern, uncertainty, tension, and anguish. They have been susceptible to psychological distress as they struggle to carry out professional tasks, allied to emotional instability in the face of fear, pain, and sadness of patients. Also, there is a rising concern among researchers, teachers, and employers with issues on mental health related to work. Perspectives bring up agreement concerning the rapid growth of mental disorders and psychological distress among professionals. Therefore, articulating mental health and social and occupational is paramount.
The current issue is exploring the multi-causal phenomenon that is directly affecting many sectors in the universe of health care. This phenomenon causes damage and brings indirect implications to the quality of life of health workers, to the occupational health of institutions, to care conditions, to psychological conditions of those who offer or seek help. Based on that, it is imperative to elaborate an analysis, in a recursive and complex manner, of factors responsible for the commitment of health workers to psychological health. In this sense, the need to reflect on sociopolitical elements, working conditions, and contemporaneity issues present in the context lived by these actors emerges.
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