O trabalho como fonte de doença: o policial militar e as patologias psiquiátricas e o dano existencial

Abstract

This study aims to expose to light the history of the Military Police of Mato Grosso, which is marked by guerrillas and clashes due to the very evolution of the country and the state. This mark is felt to this day, being perceived in the military policeman's own training, in the rigor of training and indoctrination. The skills required are sometimes instilled in the essence of the person. Focusing on Barra do Garças, this research aims to contextualize the reader of the routine to which the military policeman submits to deal with the demands of society, bringing some weather, especially with regard to mental health. With regard to illness due to the work performed in PM, is the mental disorder that due to its characteristics, there are pathologies that cause the loss of life project taking from the military police their whole perspective, suppressing their motivation because of exposure to circumstances peculiar to the police service can thus be understood as generating Existential Damage. This military police unit in question has more than 20% of its troops away for psychiatric illness issues. This strikes the eye and brings concern to those whose mission is to serve and protect society. This research deals with the illness in the context of the Military Police in a Military Police Unit in Barra do Garças-MT bringing in its history the history of PM, as well as the installation and evolution of PM in Barra do Garças. Data on police force throughout the state are presented, as well as the structure of the military police and its decision-making process based on hierarchy and discipline in the search for effective service delivery to society. The illness due to work is a fact demonstrated and, therefore, some concepts about health damage due to work are put for a better understanding of the whole research content. Data on mental illnesses of military police are presented, as well as those of higher incidence. Psychiatric pathologies that, due to their nature, influence the life of the policeman, severely disrupting that person's life project, making it impossible for them to have goals common to anyone. This illness, which precisely because it causes the loss of the goal of life, configures the Existential Damage.