Trabalho, Educação e Saúde - TES (Work, Education and Health) is an open access scientific journal, edited by the Joaquim Venâncio Polytechnic School of Health, from Oswaldo Cruz Foundation.
This article is a prospective, descriptive study using a qualitative approach that investigated, through focus groups, the views that the employees of a Psychosocial Care Center for Children and Adolescents, CAPSi, in the interior of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, have on health and mental health. The theoretical framework is based on Christophe Dejours’ work psychodynamics, on the policies and guidelines of the Ministry of Health, and on the concepts of health and mental health proposed by the World Health Organization. The material was analyzed using theme coding based on approach made of the structure. The main results include the ability to resolve conflict situations and to undertake some bodily activity as strategies to maintain health and mental health, in addition to the integrated understanding of health, including physical, psychological, and social aspects.
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