Mental health in the psychosocial professional

Abstract

Objective: to recognize situations that in context generate anxiety and depression
to the psychosocial professional, and to understand the importance of dealing with
physical and mental well-being. Method: by the nature of the research a qualitative
approach was used from a hermeneutic perspective, under the modality of the state
of art, accessing a trace of the literature related to the subject to be developed, from a
time range of twenty (20) years. Results and conclusions: there were important findings
such as lack of care, especially in the mental health of psychosocial professionals;
institutionality was also found to be a major risk factor in the development of diseases,
such as anxiety and depression, due to pressure on the occupied positions; Burnout
syndrome is also patented as the main flatterer of anxiety problems, depression and,
in some cases, death. The article concludes with a holistic look at the factors that
influence the obtaining of mental and physical illnesses of psychosocial professionals
and their analysis.