Práticas de prevenção a saúde mental direcionadas aos alunos dos Campi da Universidade Federal de Campina Grande.

Abstract

Anxiety is directly related to the development of various mental illnesses, physically and psychologically, affecting people with different levels of education and social groups, including university students. The university is a social space for learning, but for some people it can be an additional source of anxiety due to the social and academic pressure environment itself. As an educational institution, one of its measures is to have a mental health policy. In this sense, this research aims to understand which actions are developed at the Universidade Federal de Campina Grande (UFCG), involving the entirety of its campies, focusing at assisting students with this disorder and also the prevention carried out by the Psychological Care Units. From this, we sought to analyze, through the information’s and data given by the coordinators of the respective units, what actions were adopted and implemented by each campi, in order to guarantee care for the mental health of undergraduate students and its prevention. To collect the data, e-mails were sent out to the coordinators with questions strictly related to the functioning of the sector, trying to obtain the necessary data to carry out the research, since most of the information was not available on the University website, and it was necessary to obtain from those responsible for it. The results from the data analyses were organized individually by campi, making it possible to observe that the institution is not silent or inattentive to the needs of students, however, it was also possible to identify some deficiency on some important topics. We identified that some campies provided incomplete and vague information regarding prevention and care actions for students with mental disorders. We also identified that there is no regularity, as well as a lack of professionals dedicated to psychological care. Keywords: