Chronic insomnia in workers poisoned by inorganic mercury: psychological and adaptive aspects.

Insomnia is one of the symptoms of inorganic mercury poisoning (IMP). The objective of this study is to analyze the chief psychological aspects in the adjustment of workers with chronic insomnia associated with IMP. For this purpose the Preventive Clinical Interview and the Ryad Simon Operational Adaptive Diagnostic Scale (Escala Diagnóstica Adaptativa Operacionalizada-EDAO) were utilized. Fifteen subjects with mean age of 40 years (10 males and 5 females) were studied. Nine were diagnosed with High Adaptive Inefficacy, five with Moderate Inefficient Adaptation and only one with Mild Inefficient Adaptation. Impairment occurred in four adaptive sectors: affective relationship, social-cultural, productivity and organic. Adaptive efficiency indicated that in all the 15 subjects studied the adaptive solutions were frustrating and led to psychic suffering and/or environmental conflict confirming the severity of the involvement in chronic IMP.

Alguns aspectos sociais relacionados a ocorrencia de acidentes do trabalho em municipio industrial: o caso de Cubatao. / Some social aspects related to occurrence of occupational accidents in industrial municipality: the case of Cubatao

Na analise das relacoes entre saude e trabalho industrial, devem ser consideradas as relacoes sociais, as caracteristicas tecnicas e organizacionais do processo imediato de producao e as condicoes gerais de vida, uma vez que elas definem o processo de fadiga. As estatisticas nao tem expressado a realidade quanto a ocorrencia dos agravos a saude do trabalhador.A sonegacao do registro de acidentes de trabalho deve-se as empresas, ao Estado e ao proprio trabalhador. O aprofundamento dos estudos e a analise critica, a partir da divisao social e tecnica do trabalho dos aspectos relacionados a ocorrencia e ao registro destes agravos a saude, sao fundamentais ao conhecimento e ao controle das condicoes socio-sanitarias