Banca de DEFESA: Marina Thuane Melo da Silva

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STUDENT : Marina Thuane Melo da Silva
DATE: 04/12/2023
TIME: 18:00
LOCAL: ICC Sul - Instituto de Psicologia - AT 46/8
TITLE:

From the individualization of suffering to the collectivization of life through fight: mental health and militant

youth in the Federal District

KEY WORDS:

Militancy, psychological suffering, mental health, social movements

PAGES: 200
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: Psicologia
SUMMARY:

Analyzing the mental health production processes of activists requires a socio-historical

recovery of social mobilizations in Brazil and Latin America, as well as the understanding of what

“mental health” is. The starting point is a critical perspective that rejects the classical understanding of

suffering as an illness, fragmenting subjects and, consequently, justifying violence. Mental health is

understood as an individual and collective manifestation of historical problems that elaborates and

implements its existence in the network of social relations. The solution or what they call “cure” consists

not only in the experience of concrete society, but in the rupture with the prevailing system in which

beings produce themselves - including, in terms of mental health -, that is, in de-alienation and radical

transformation of social relationships, so that suffering and these relationships are more humanized, as

humanized beings. If subjects who actively engage in social movements that aim to transform society are

crossed by multiple social determinations that result in alienating relationships and that, therefore,

generate suffering, it is also worth questioning what are the possibilities for producing life in this context.

Therefore, this research, which has an exploratory character, with a qualitative approach, used the focus

group technique and thematic content analysis to understand the experience of activists from three

political organizations in the Federal District regarding mental health. The results are presented and

discussed according to four axes of categories, including 1) The meanings of militancy; 2) Militancy and

youth; 3) Particularities of the DF; and 4) Mental health in and from activism, exploring the challenges

and potential

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Externa ao Programa - 1300797 - CLAUDIA DE OLIVEIRA ALVES - nullPresidente - 1063636 - PEDRO HENRIQUE ANTUNES DA COSTA
Externa à Instituição - RACHEL GOUVEIA PASSOS - UFRJ
Interna - 2191451 - SILVIA RENATA MAGALHAES LORDELLO BORBA SANTOS