Work and Comprehensive Mental Health: Dilemmas and Challenges

This research project addresses mental health at work from a critical and transdisciplinary perspective, challenging traditional approaches that reduce well-being to isolated psychosocial risk factors. The study recognizes that mental health is a complex phenomenon, influenced by social, historical, territorial, and economic determinants, as well as intersectionalities such as gender, race, class, and migratory status. The central problem lies in the fragmentation of mental health in public and organizational policies, which often blame the worker or specific conditions, ignoring the broader social dynamic. The research proposes a comprehensive analysis that includes quantitative, qualitative, and spatial methods to map epidemiological profiles and workers' experiences. As a result, the project seeks to outline intervention guidelines that promote justice, equity, and real well-being. By integrating intersectionality theory and collective health, the study aims to transform institutional practices, reducing absenteeism and turnover, while fostering a work environment that is more humane and conscious of the social realities of its members.<br/><br/><b>Goal</b>: <br/>Contribute to a comprehensive understanding of mental health in the workplace by identifying critical processes and intersectionalities from a transdisciplinary perspective. The project aims to move beyond traditional individualistic approaches to propose intervention guidelines based on the social determination of health.<br/><br/><b>Research lines</b>: <br/>Work, consumption and psychology