MENTAL DISORDER AFFECTS THE LABORAL INSERTION AND THE INFORMAL SECTOR?

• Main Authors: M. M. F Léo, T. M. R. Kuffel, A. C. Rosa, A. R. F. Furegato
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade Federal de Rondonópolis 2017-08-01
• Series: Scientific Electronic Archives
• Subjects: Rehabilitation; Labor; Mental illness; Psychiatric Nursing
• Online Access: http://www.seasinop.com.br/revista/index.php?journal=SEA&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=359&path%5B%5D=pdf

The study characterized the insertion in the labor market, scholar degree and economic status of people with mental disorders. It is a descriptive cross-sectional study, conducted in 2014, in two open psychosocial care services in Mato Grosso. A structured questionnaire with demographic data and school/ work functioning during the years of mental disorderwas applied in a random sample of 73 patients (universe = 300). Of the 61 (83.6%) who worked before the mental disorder, 26 (35.6%) are still active. There was a decrease of 38.5% in formality with informality rise. Licenses (19.0%) and pensions (28.6%) were prevalent male, and 57.1% of absences are related to mental disorder. Unemployment reached 37%, especially those over 55 years (41.7%). Mental disorder damagescause exclusion from the labor market, increasing informality, affectssocial pension and reinforce the vulnerability of this population, constituting topic to be included in the nursing SingularTherapeutic Project