Estressores como fatores de vulnerabilidade e saúde mental na infância

Abstract

The idea of mental health that emerges as a concept to define and evaluate both the physical and mental state of an individual and what determines the quality of life and mental health are individual, social and structural factors, these factors can be associated with the stress. Understanding the vulnerability and harm caused by stressful events, there is a need to carry out interventions in children for the prevention and promotion of mental health and the purpose of the study was to formulate psychoeducational interventions with the aim of strengthening children's self-knowledge, together with , leveraging the reduction of stress among the target audience. The participants were based on the children who attend the oratory, in which the age of the children ranged between 6 and 14 years old, of both sexes and to carry out the activity, the people who attend the place were observed and an intervention was prepared to mental health prevention and promotion. It is considered that the objectives were achieved, since it was possible to achieve all of them even with some difficulties, thus bringing an improvement in the children's self-knowledge in identifying their emotions, their likes and fears, in addition to identifying trusted people, points to improve themselves and the world.