title: Work-related mental disorders and their inclusion in health policies in the Brazilian Unified Health System (Sistema Único de Saúde).
abstract: This study discusses the inclusion of mental disorders as work-related diseases in occupational health policies in Brazil. Mental disorders first appeared as a group of occupational diseases in 1999. Establishing mental disorders as occupational diseases was a result of the confluence of several factors: a broader notion of health, a positive shift in public perception regarding preconceived judgements relating to mental disorders and the improvement in the process that defines social security benefit entitlements due to the implementation of a new methodology in 2007.
authors.affiliation: Nove de Julho University (UNINOVE), Brazil rafaelacocchiola@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Rafaela A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Cocchiola-Silva
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000145:classification*; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000145:classification*
keywords: causal nexus; discursive practices; mental disorder; occupational disease; workplace health policies