Mental disorders that most affect university teachers: a study in a medical expertise service.

Autor/inn/en	Batista, Jaqueline Brito Vidal; Carlotto, Mary Sandra; Oliveira, Malu Nunes de; Zaccara, Ana Aline Lacet; Barros, Eveline de Oliveira; Duarte, Marcella Costa Souto
Titel	Mental disorders that most affect university teachers: a study in a medical expertise service. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Transtornos mentais que mais acometem professores universitários: um estudo em um serviço de perícia médica.
Quelle	In: Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online, 7 (2015) Supl., S. 119-125 PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2175-5361
DOI	10.9789/2175-5361.2015.v7i5.119-125
URN	urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-53965-1
Schlagwörter	Psychische Gesundheit; Psychische Störung; Berufskrankheit; Brasilien; Hochschullehrer; Lehrer; Psychische Störung; Lateinamerika; Südamerika; Psychische Gesundheit; Lehrer; Berufskrankheit; Hochschullehrer; Brasilien; Lateinamerika; Südamerika
Abstract	Objectives: verifying the types of mental disorders that most affect teachers treated in a service of medical expertise. Method: a retrospective study of documental nature with a quantitative approach developed in a Higher Education Institution of João Pessoa city - PB. The sample was composed of 254 sheets of teachers treated in a service of medical expertise of the institution selected for the study, in the period from January to 1999 to March 2011. Data obtained were analyzed through frequency and percentage. Results: almost all the sample was composed of female teachers, aged between 40 and 49, and depression was responsible for 52% absenteeism of teachers, followed by schizophrenia (12%), bipolar disorder (10%), acute reaction to stress (8%), anxiety (7%), delusional disorder (4%), and others (8%). Conclusion: the mental disorder that most affects the searched teacher category is depression. Therefore, further investigations are needed that can analyze the severity of this problematic pathology in academic area.
Erfasst von	GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften, Mannheim
Update	2020/2