title: Work-related mental and behaviour disorders in anesthesiologists.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Anaesthesiology is a specialty whose specificity of the working process results in high levels of stress as an inevitable condition - a particularly worrying situation in the daily life of these professionals.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This study, based on data from national and international literature, aims to discuss the basis of the occurrence of mental and behavioural disorders or of psychopathological injuries (psychological distress) related to working activity in anesthesiologists.
  
  
  METHODS
  A literature review was conducted, with papers selected from Medline and Lilacs databases, published between 2000 and 2012 in Portuguese, English and Spanish, and addressing the possible association between occupational hazards of the anaesthesiologist profession and mental health problems and psychic distress. Twenty-six publications were listed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Several aspects of the anesthesiologist's work are important points to better understand the relationship between mental health at work and working organization. Poor temporal structuring of work, conflictuous interpersonal relationships and poor control over the activity itself may be mentioned as illness enhancers.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The working organization, when not appropriate, is an important occupational risk factor for the life and mental health of workers, mainly of professionals focused on the care of people. This paper focuses on anesthesiologists, who are constantly exposed to stressful and anxiogenic factors.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina Preventiva e Social da Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA), Salvador, BA, Brazil. Electronic address: euoandrade@yahoo.com.br.
authors.forename: Gabriela Oliveira
authors.initials: GO
authors.lastname: Andrade
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA), Salvador, BA, Brazil; Universidade Federal de Sergipe (UFS), São Cristóvão, Sergipe, Brazil.
authors.forename: Rosa Amélia Andrade
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Dantas
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000072080:Anesthesiologists; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000209:etiology*
keywords: Anaesthesiology; Anestesiologia; Doenças profissionais; Estresse psicológico; Financing organized; Occupational diseases; Organização; Psychological stress