Illness resulting from mobbing may case for complex expertise

Abstract

Although it has existed since the beginning of humanity, bullying was described in the 90s and it was only around 20 years ago that bullying began to be studied in Brazil, through scientific protocols specific to psychology. In Brazil, ILO Convention 190, which deals with the elimination of violence and harassment in the world of work, was being debated on the initiative of the Federal Government. In the same vein, the Federal Psychology Council issued Resolution No. 14/2023 regulating the professional practice of psychology in carrying out psychosocial risk assessments. The present study analyzed the training of professionals who must assist in cases of mobbing, emphasizing the methodological difficulties in producing evidence. The results reveal that psychological illness triggered by mobbing must be assisted by a psychiatrist, to monitor the consequences (illness) of exposure to psychosocial risk factors. And the assessment of psychosocial risk factors at work (among them, mobbing), which arise from interactions between workers and working conditions (content and context of work), structure and organization of work, is the responsibility of the health professional. Psychology. These are clearly areas that complement each other and are necessary for the efficient assessment that cases of mobbing require, for these reasons they can be treated as complex expertise, under the terms of art. 156, 465, 468 and 475 of Law No. 13105/15 - CPC/15.