Workers’ mental health integrated intervention in a police corporation of Campo Grande, MS, Brazil

Abstract Introduction: work-related mental illnesses have increasingly caused social and economical impact. The World Health Organization recommends integrated intervention aiming at implementig more effective prevention measures at workplace. Objective: to describe and analyze an integrated intervention in workers’ mental health. Methods: descriptive/analytical study on an experience of psychological treatment administered in a workers’ mental health integrated program held within a federal highway police corporation, in Campo Grande, MS, Brazil. Results: the measures adopted contributed to reduce sick leaves due to mental/behavioral disorders as well as the number of lost work days. Conclusion: the integrated measures offered to the workers a chance to learn, to be involved and listened, which possibly led to reduction in sick leaves.