House and street: narratives of professional identity among nurses.

This study describes narratives of professional identity among nurses in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Semistructured interviews were carried out with 27 nursing professionals working in public hospitals in the city of Rio de Janeiro; in addition, the male:female ratio of graduate students of a nurse faculty in Rio de Janeiro was evaluated. Although the meaning of nursing is changing in Brazil, it is still strongly influenced by traditional values.

Solvent-related chronic toxic encephalopathy as a target in the worker's mental health research.

The article is aimed at discussing the theoretical grounds which support the diagnosis of solvent-related chronic encephalopathy in the field of the worker's mental health, having it as a target in this area. The psychiatric, neurological and labor health postulates which contribute to the multidisciplinary description of such diagnostic category are presented.