Mental health in ultra-neoliberal times

Authors

  • Lidiany de Lima Cavalcante Universidade Federal do Amazonas (UFAM)
  • Maria Isabel Barros Bellini Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47456/argumentum.v15i3.40036

Abstract

The process of worsening barbarism, permeated by conservatism, reactionism and facets of discrimination, has exposed not only how violence and hunger have intensified, but also amplified previously silent platforms related to psychological illness. The article discusses mental health in ultra-neoliberal times, which increasingly emerged with the rise of the extreme right in Brazil. Through theoretical reflection, with the use of secondary data, the study reveals a scene of necropolitics, potentiated daily in the mental health arena, and in its repercussions on society, in the face of the most voracious form capitalism.

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Author Biographies

Lidiany de Lima Cavalcante, Universidade Federal do Amazonas (UFAM)

Assistente Social. Doutora em Sociedade e Cultura na Amazônia. Professora do Departamento de Serviço Social e do Programa de Pós-graduação em Serviço Social e Sustentabilidade na Amazônia da Universidade Federal do Amazonas. (UFAM, Manaus, Brasil).

Maria Isabel Barros Bellini, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)

Assistente Social. Doutora em Serviço Social. Professora no Programa de Pós-graduação em Serviço Social e no Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciências Sociais da Escola de Humanidades da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul. (PUCRS, Porto Alegre, Brasil).

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Published

30-09-2023

How to Cite

Cavalcante, L. de L., & Bellini, M. I. B. (2023). Mental health in ultra-neoliberal times. Argumentum, 15(3), 79–94. https://doi.org/10.47456/argumentum.v15i3.40036

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 3 (2023): Mental health in times of crisis: im(pertinent) refletions

Section

Thematic Articles

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