O ESTRESSE E IMPACTO NA SAÚDE MENTAL DE POLICIAIS MILITARES TRABALHADORES DO COPOM NO INTERIOR DE SÃO PAULO

Abstract

This article aimed to evaluate and size the stress caused from the routine work of thirty military police officers who perform activities in the Military Police Operations Center (COPOM) as attendants and dispatchers, and to investigate the impact of stress on the mental health of these professionals. For this purpose, this study also had the objective of, from the results obtained, to contribute to new statistical data and future validation studies of ISSL. The instruments used were the Lipp's Inventory of Stress Symptoms for adults, which contributed to scale the occurrence and stress levels of military police and the Sociodemographic Questionnaire - QSD used to recognize the target audience of the research. It is noteworthy that in relation to gender, of the two (02) police officers who participated in the study, 100% presented stress symptoms and the male audience of the 28 participants, 12 presented stress corresponding to 42.8% of the research results. And referring to the stress phases and the symptoms indicated 36.66% are in the resistance phase and 10% in the almost exhaustion phase. The results showed that preventive and treatment actions are necessary for these professionals, especially a look at the female public. The police profession is a profession that exposes workers in constant stress and professionals in this area can trigger psychopathologies, which lead them to mental suffering. Therefore, this study contributed to possible interventions regarding the work of the police officer and mental health.