SUBJECTIVATION AND ILLNESS IN MILTIARY POLICE WORK IN THE LIGHT OF PSYCHODYNAMICS

Abstract

The military police work consists of a continuous process of exposure to actual and symbolic violence. In this sense, this study aims to identify how military police officers in the Federal District perceive the harmful effects of work organization on physical and mental health. This study is qualitative, and it used documentary research and interviews, treated by content analysis. The results obtained demonstrate that the organization of military police work has a significant role in favoring physical and psychological illnesses. Social grievances include frustration due to the lack of recognition and self-blame for the impossibility of fulfilling institutional, social, and family demands, especially among female police officers. The study contributes to understanding that the dynamics that develop in military police work should be targets of organizational measures that allow for the design of management strategies to prevent illness, in addition to institutional forms of channeling and handling the burdens linked to the profession.

Keywords

• organização do trabalho
• polícia militar
• agravos físicos e sociais