Violência e desenvolvimento de transtornos mentais comuns em agentes de segurança penitenciária do sexo feminino no Brasil

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.99019020933

• Palavras-chave: Violência; Transtornos Mentais; Feminino.

• Keywords: Violence; Mental Disorders; Female.

• Abstract:

  Violence is a problem that affects the whole world. In this context, there

  is work carried out by prison security agents (ASP), continually demarcated by events

  of violence, exhaustive shifts, stressful environment, discrimination and exposure to

  bullying and sexual harassment, factors that may contribute to damages to the physical

  and mental health of these professionals. The objective of this study was to analyze

  the association between violence and the development of common mental disorders

  in the work environment in female prison security agents in Brazil, based on data from

  the National Health Survey on Female Prison Population and Prison Servants. The

  population consisted of female ASP, collected in 15 female prison units that encompass

  all regions of Brazil. Data were analyzed using the SPSS® version 20.0 and Stata®

  version 13 software. ASPs that suffered some type of violence before entering the

  penitentiary system were more likely to develop Common Mental Disorder (CMD).

  Among the types, the most prevalent were robbery (31.4%), mild physical violence

  (25.8%), psychological violence (21.9%) and moral damage (16.9%). Among the types

  of violence suffered, sexual violence, moral damages, psychological violence and

  robbery showed a statistically significant association. The observed events show how

  exposure to violence can have psychological consequences in the long term and should

  be analyzed in an extended way. It is necessary to develop interdisciplinary actions that

  seek to help this population, establishing plans to reduce and prevent violence.

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