Danielle Rocio de Souza Arns Steiner, María do Carmo Duarte Freitas, Marco Antônio Bessa
This work deals with an investigation on the evaluation of symptoms of mental disorders applied to primary school teachers of a municipal school network due to the Covid-19 pandemic. After bibliographic research on the most studied disorders in the literature, anxiety and depression disorders were selected as the symptoms to be analyzed using the Beck inventory questionnaires. The survey was applied to teachers in Pinhais, a municipality located in Brazil. The results indicated a low percentage of severe cases for both disorders, with anxiety being more common than depression. The research concluded that the highest concentration of moderate or severe cases is concentrated in the 40-49 age group, among people who were already in psychiatric treatment before the pandemic, and among those who have had some sequelae as a result of having been infected by the virus. The outcome evaluation also showed a lack of teacher turnover, with a preponderance of older, longer-serving teachers. The data can help guide public policy on teacher mental health by identifying those needing specialized care.