Saúde mental e liderança o papel dos titulares de organizações militares da marinha do Brasil na promoção da saúde mental de suas tripulações.

Abstract

ABSTRACT The significant increase in mental and behavioral disorders, as well as the number of deaths by suicide, has brought the issue of mental health to the agenda of Organizations. In this context, the present study investigates the relationship between work and mental health, especially with regard to the military environment and the role of the Holders of Military Organizations of the Brazilian Navy in this process. Based on contributions from organizational and work psychology to the exercise of leadership, as well as the understanding of psychosocial risks related to work, based on models of occupational stress and psychodynamics of work, the study addresses concepts such as leadership, organizational culture and management models . Based on bibliographical and documentary research, the stigmas associated with mental disorders in this occupational space are analyzed and the psychosocial stressors inherent to a military career are examined to, finally, identify possible practices that contribute to the exercise of leadership in favor of an organizational culture sensitive to the issue of mental health.