“Don’t kill us”: Everyday violence, mental health and the intertwining with occupational therapy

Resumen

The present work intends to bring reflections on the phenomenon of violence and its repercussions on the mental health of adult-elderly individuals, and the possible intersections with Occupational Therapy in this context. The research was based on a qualitative-exploratory look and was carried out in the Brief Hospitalization Sector (SIB) of the Fundação Hospital de Clínicas Gaspar Vianna in Belém-PA, in the year 2022, through the use of a questionnaire and semi-structured interview based on the Dale studies. In this sense, through the analysis of the participants' experiences, we sought to understand the impacts of violence on their routines and the repercussions on the subjects' mental health. In this way, it was possible to construct interpretations about the theme and its tensions in the process of psychic suffering, territories and health in line with everyday life, from the historical-social and occupational therapy perspective. It was concluded that the reeducation of the look for expanded and humanized care is essential for overcoming adversity, coping and welcoming pain and 'scars', whether physical or emotional.