Work-related mental disorders and their inclusion in health policies in the Brazilian Unified Health System (Sistema Unico de Saude)

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.
Source: Journal of Health Psychology - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tags: Articles Source Type: research