WORK, MENTAL HEALTH AND UNIVERSITY: A LOOK AT THE UNEB-CAMPUS XXI PROFESSORS

Abstract

The mental health of the teaching class is an aspect to consider, especially when looking at their experiences. With the objective of analyzing the mental health of professors at the State University of the State of Bahia, at Campus XXI-Ipiaú, this article is a field research carried out with eleven effective and substitute professors, submitted to the CEP and approved under the opinion nº 4141509, through a self-applicable form from the Google forms tool. The questionnaire was intended to collect personal and professional information, such as disease diagnosis, psychotherapy assistance and organizational climate. The analysis of the collected data sought to answer the main question of this article: What are the teachers' perceptions about their mental health and the institution's contributions in relation to them? The research showed that, on average, 70% of the professors were satisfied with their work environment, not showing psychological suffering in this aspect. Teaching is a job of social and economic importance, therefore, dealing with issues such as mental health of this class is increasingly necessary, especially when inserted in a context of work alienation and exhaustive workload to which this population is subjected.