Racismo e saúde mental: a produção acadêmica no Serviço Social

Abstract

This master's dissertation deals with research developed within the scope of the Postgraduate Program in Social Work at the Faculty of Social Service of the State University of Rio de Janeiro. The study aims to analyze the relationship between racism and mental suffering of the black population in Brazil, based on a theoretical review of postgraduate academic productions in the area of Social Work, consolidated in the period from 2017 to 2023. We start from the methodology of investigation that is based on theoretical research, carried out in two moments: the first is based on the bibliographical survey of academic productions that address the relationship between racism, mental health and mental suffering of the black population in Brazil, within the scope of human sciences and applied social studies and the second and final stage consists of the survey, classification, presentation and analysis of academic production, in the area of Social Work about the relationship between racism, mental health and mental suffering of the black population in Brazil. Seven dissertations were analyzed using thematic discourse analysis, taking into account the limits, advances in the debate and what was common and different in the readings of the works. It highlights that the theme of violence emerges as a phenomenon that has an impact on the mental health of the black population, particularly because it is a product of racism in brazilian society.