Moral harassment from psychosocial support as prevention of illness and promotion of mental health

Abstract

The objective of this research was to provide psychosocial support for the identification, evaluation and intervention of interpersonal and organizational moral harassment from the multidisciplinary team of a commission to prevent and combat harassment, in the context of work at a public university. The method used has a qualitative approach, based on semi-structured interviews and theoretical-methodological foundations of support from a psychosocial support. In total, the commission had access to and accepted 92 cases of harassment and/or conflict, highlighting three distinct cases in which conflict (harassing conduct) and interpersonal, organizational and sexual harassment were identified. The results demonstrate how harassment negatively impacts the mental health of victims. The importance of building institutional policies to prevent illness and harassment, as well as promoting mental health at work, is highlighted.