Saúde mental nas escolas do ensino fundamental

Abstract

Mental health is a state of well-being in which an individual realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with everyday stresses, works productively, and is able to contribute to his or her community.The objective of this article is to evaluate studies on mental health in an elementary school. An exploratory research was carried out based on a bibliographical survey of articles, monographs, dissertations, theses, documentaries and publications on events with the theme of mental health at school with the help of Google Scholar, SciELO, Brazilian Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations – BTDT, in addition to publications on non-scientific websites and the following descriptors were used: mental health, depression in schools, mental disorders, school factors and mental health, main disorders in schools in a time frame from 2016 to 2023. 20 publications were found, and after a brief reading, only 11 were selected because they dedicated themselves to carrying out work that dealt with mental health and school. It was possible to observe after reading them that the most frequent symptoms are depression, anxiety, which can even lead to suicide, and that the students were mostly teenagers from public and low income schools. These data serve as a warning so that this topic can be better ddressed within schools.