EVOLUTIONARY ANALYSIS OF THE OCCURRENCE OF THE WORKPLACE DISEASE “DEPRESSION” IN BRAZIL BETWEEN 2009 AND 2018

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.317332305011

• Palavras-chave: depression; diagnosis; work.

• Keywords: depression; diagnosis; work.

• Abstract:

  Depression and, consequently, depressive episodes erupt - day after day - as the “disease of the century” and this situation of profound psychic discomfort also affects the work environment. Having as a typical cause the trinomial “genetics X brain biochemistry X vital events”, the current reality of the labor market contributes, in a relevant way, to the evolution of these conditions in workers. Overload of services, exhausting hours, demands for achieving goals, fear of unemployment, professional demotivation, flexibility of the country's just-labor legislation are examples of triggering and/or intensifying aspects of depressive symptoms, as well as the fragmentation of psychic identity. The present study consists of a diagnosis, in a comparative way - using official statistical data from the Ministry of Social Security - the diagnoses of the disease identified as 'Depressive Episodes', registered with the code 'F32' in the International Classification of Diseases - ICD, with Communication of Work Accidents - CAT registered and for typical reason, in Brazil. This research aims to enable effective and specific action plans.