Unemployment and its impact on workers' mental health

• Grant number: 17/06694-5
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: July 01, 2017
• End date: December 31, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Psychology - Occupational and Organizational Psychology
• Principal Investigator: Maria Luiza Gava Schmidt
• Grantee: Caio Augusto Rodrigues Martins Januário
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências e Letras (FCL-ASSIS). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Assis. Assis , SP, Brazil

Abstract

In psychology, it is a reflection of unemployment based on the theories and ways to intervene in this phenomenon. There are several branches of psychology where you can discuss this topic: Organizational Work Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Mental Health. A study what can be done about unemployment in view of psychology is understanding of unemployment ramifications and consequences, such as the study of the mental health of the unemployed, the social dynamics of the unemployed, the construction of subjectivity through work. (AU)