Open AccessDepression Among Teachers In Brazil: A Literature Review
Author(s) -
Jeane Mendes Pinheiro de Souza
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
núcleo do conhecimento
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2448-0959
DOI - 10.32749/nucleodoconhecimento.com.br/psychology/depression-among-teachers
Subject(s) - sadness , coping (psychology) , depression (economics) , mental health , health professionals , psychology , context (archaeology) , compromise , clinical psychology , nursing , medicine , psychotherapist , health care , social science , sociology , political science , anger , law , economics , macroeconomics , paleontology , biology
Nowadays, health problems involving work-related stress are an increasingly common reality. In this context, there are professions and professionals who are more exposed and subject to these types of pathologies, such as education professionals. Studies conducted around the world indicate that educators are at great risk of suffering physical and/or mental exhaustion, which involve the material and psychological difficulties associated with the exercise of teaching activity. It is known that such health problems greatly compromise the quality of life of these professionals and, among these, depression in its manifestations that can involve melancholy and sadness in various forms and at various levels stands out. The commitment of the quality of life of these professionals makes it increasingly necessary to deepen research and approaches that can collaborate in order to find alternatives that minimize the effects of this evil. Due to the above, this work aims to conduct a study on depression and its occurrence among teachers. As a methodology, a bibliographic research was carried out with a review of studies and authors that deepen the approach to subjects depression, depression among teachers, melancholy and alternatives to coping with depression.