AVALIAÇÃO DOS TRANSTORNOS MENTAIS COMUNS EM PROFISSIONAIS DA SAÚDE: UMA REVISÃO SISTEMÁTICA DE LITERATURA

Abstract

Health-related activities are characterized by abundant pressures that result in physical and mental exhaustion of the professionals involved. As a result, a fairly common profile emerged, characterized by a decline in mental health and a greater likelihood of developing common mental disorders (CMD), especially in organizational health environments. The present work aims to map the way in which the mental health of health workers has been evaluated in the last 5 years, characterizing itself as a systematic literature review. Its realization is supported by the search strategy for scientific articles, published between 2017 and April 2022, selected from the consultation of databases concerning: Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences (Lilacs), Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO) and Virtual Health Library (VHL). Five publications were selected and evaluated, which indicated that health professionals are more susceptible to CMD, especially nursing professionals, with this public being mostly represented by women (77.18%). The prevalence of CMD in most studies ranged from 20.5 to 36.7% of the public in question.