MENTAL HEALTH AT THE UNIVERSITY: ACTIONS AND INTERVENTIONS AIMED AT STUDENTS

Authors

  • Lucélia Maria Gomes UFAL
  • HELIANE DE ALMEIDA LINS LEITÃO Universidade Federal de Alagoas
  • KYSSIA MARCELLE CALHEIROS SANTOS Universidade Federal de Alagoas
  • SUSANE VASCONCELOS ZANOTTI Universidade Federal de Alagoas

Keywords:

mental health, higher education, university student

Abstract

Research carried out by FONAPRACE shows high rates of illness in the student community, resulting in debate and investment in programs and actions aimed at the mental health of university students. In addition, in 2020, Brazil faced the situation imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, causing a negative impact on mental health. This documental study sought to identify and analyze UFAL's mental health interventions aimed at the student body. For this purpose, services and actions in mental health were mapped on the university's website and social networks, specifically aimed at the student body, from 2010 to 2020. The Institutional Management Reports and available information/news were chosen as the analytical corpus. Data collection took place from December 2020 to April 2021, using the descriptors “mental health”, “psychic suffering”, “psychological illness”, and “quality of life”. The analysis of documents was carried out through Content Analysis and allowed the emergence of two categories that expressed the results of the research: “mental health care” at UFAL: from the policy of permanence to the permanence of actions”; and “articulating together... ”: intersectoriality “[...] a way to go”. The mental health interventions carried out at UFAL are recent, still scarce and were driven by democratization policies, suggesting that they are mostly developed by the student assistance sector in a prevention perspective. Challenges arise in terms of interdisciplinarity and intersectoriality, since the actions were fragmented and with little institutional articulation.

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Author Biographies

Lucélia Maria Gomes, UFAL

Psicóloga pela FAFIRE e Mestre em Psicologia pela Universidade Federal de Alagoas (2020). Atualmente é psicóloga na Assistência Estudantil da Universidade Federal de Alagoas – UFAL.

HELIANE DE ALMEIDA LINS LEITÃO , Universidade Federal de Alagoas

Possui graduação em Psicologia pela Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (1982), Doutorado em Psicologia pela University of Kent (1995) e pós-doutorado em Psicologia pela University of Kent, Inglaterra (2014). Atualmente é professora Associada da Universidade Federal de Alagoas, atua como docente e pesquisadora no Instituto de Psicologia.

KYSSIA MARCELLE CALHEIROS SANTOS, Universidade Federal de Alagoas

Psicóloga pela Universidade Federal de Alagoas e mestre em Psicologia pela Universidade Federal de Alagoas (2013). Atua como psicóloga no Serviço de Psicologia Aplicada da Universidade Federal de Alagoas.

SUSANE VASCONCELOS ZANOTTI, Universidade Federal de Alagoas

Possui graduação em Psicologia - Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (1999) e doutorado em Psicologia (2006) - Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro com estágio de Doutorado no Departamento de Psicanálise - Université Paris 8. Atualmente é professora associada 3 da Universidade Federal de Alagoas e professora do Programa de Pós-Graduação (Mestrado) em Psicologia da Universidade Federal de Alagoas.

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Published

2023-06-21

How to Cite

Gomes, L. M., DE ALMEIDA LINS LEITÃO , H. ., MARCELLE CALHEIROS SANTOS, K., & VASCONCELOS ZANOTTI, S. . (2023). MENTAL HEALTH AT THE UNIVERSITY: ACTIONS AND INTERVENTIONS AIMED AT STUDENTS. Educação Em Revista, 39(39). Retrieved from https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/edrevista/article/view/40310

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Vol. 39 (2023)

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