Need for psychological support services in educational institutions: case of mozambican schools and universities

• Main Author: Sunde, Rosário Martinho
• Publication Date: 2023
• Format: Article
• Language: por
• Source: Psi Unisc
• Download full: https://seer.unisc.br/index.php/psi/article/view/18140
• topic: Serviços de apoio psicológico; Instituições escolares; Saúde mental; Psychological support services; School institutions; Mental health; Servicios de apoyo psicológico; Instituciones escolares; Salud mental

Psychological support services advise schools/universities in dealing with behavioral problems, academic and professional orientation of students/students, helping them to develop social, emotional, mental and cognitive skills in academia. The research aims to evaluate the level of psychological intervention of educational institutions in the face of psychological problems of students and other users. It is a qualitative study with a phenomenological approach using semi-structured interviews, applied to 40 subjects, six university professors, six secondary school teachers, six primary school teachers, six university students, six secondary school students and ten supervisors. education, all residents of the city of Nampula-Mozambique and over 18 years old. The analysis and processing of the interviews was performed using the Saldaña (2013) coding method. With the study we realized that many educational institutions do not have psychological support services for students and other school actors. It is opportune that school institutions, in coordination with government entities, provide spaces for seeking psychological support within academia. Based on this observation, there is an urgent need to develop projects and programs that ensure preventive actions, incorporating psychologists and related professionals into the school environment to ensure the health of the school and the community.