Adoecimento discente no ensino superior: um olhar acerca da saúde mental dos graduandos de Pedagogia da UFAL / campus do sertão

Abstract

Student illness is a recurring issue at the university, being common cases of students with affected mental health. The present work had the general objective analyze how academic demands can influence students’ mental health and what strategies the university has used to help them. This is a research descriptive, qualitative-quantitative approach, in which documentary research was carried out, based on data collected through the Psychological Reception offered by the Center for Student Assistance (NAE), sector linked to the University's Student Dean's Office Federal of Alagoas. The data refer to the profile and frequent demands of college students Pedagogy assisted by psychological support from August 2018 to October 2023. The information analyzed shows that the students who most seek the service are predominantly female, aged up to twenty-five (25) years and who are studying from the fourth period onwards. The reasons listed by the students varied gradually over the years, encompassing aspects related both to academic life as personal, in which anxiety is the most cited reason, combined with difficulty concentrating in studies and understanding of content, overload of activities, among other factors arising from academic and personal demands. It was found that psychological support It is an effective strategy used by the university to take care of students' mental health. Thus, the research contributes to the discussion of this topic within the university and so that greater visibility is given to the difficulties faced by students throughout the process formative.