title: Mental disorders among health workers in Brazil.
abstract: The scope of this article is to deter mine the prevalence of common mental disorders (CMD) and Depression among Community Health Agents (CHA) and employees of Psychosocial Care Centers (CAPS). It is a cross-sectional descriptive study involving the target population of Community Health Workers and Psychosocial Care Center workers, linked to the Municipal Health Department of Pelotas in the Brazilian State of Rio Grande do Sul. The presence of common mental disorders was considered when the Self Report Questionnaire (SRQ) was > 7 and the occurrence of depression when BDI > 12. In total, 257 professionals participated in the study. Among mental health professionals (n = 119), the prevalence of CMDs was 25.2% and depression was 23.5%, while the prevalence of CMDs was 48.6% and depression was 29% among CHA (n = 138). The ratio of CMDs between the two groups of professionals was statistically different (p < 0.001). In this study, it was observed that the CAPS professionals are more adapted to work issues, with less perceived health problems arising from work and with a lower prevalence of mental disorders compared to CHA.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Católica de Pelotas, Pelotas, RS, Brasil, bscaletz@terra.com.br.
authors.forename: Berenice Scaletzky
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Knuth
authors.affiliation: Escola de Psicologia, UCPel, Brasil.
authors.forename: Ricardo Azevedo
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.affiliation: Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Católica de Pelotas, Pelotas, RS, Brasil, bscaletz@terra.com.br.
authors.forename: Jean Pierre
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Oses
authors.affiliation: Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Católica de Pelotas, Pelotas, RS, Brasil, bscaletz@terra.com.br.
authors.forename: Vinicius Augusto
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Radtke
authors.affiliation: Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Católica de Pelotas, Pelotas, RS, Brasil, bscaletz@terra.com.br.
authors.forename: Rafaela Abreu
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Cocco
authors.affiliation: Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Católica de Pelotas, Pelotas, RS, Brasil, bscaletz@terra.com.br.
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jansen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D057566:Self Report; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires