[Mental health, work and retirement: a focus on mental allienation].

It is an exploratory-descriptive study that aimed to analyze the disability retirement of employees of the UFRN for mental and behavioral disorders in the period 2000-2005. The sample was obtained from records of the DAS/PRH/UFRN. Of 43 retirees, 58% were men, 41% retire between 41-50 years and 35% between 51-60 years, 44% occupied position/function for the high school level and 28% for the elementary level.

[Social representations and the therapeutic role of nursing students].

This study with a qualitative approach aims to apprehend the social representation and disciplinary practices in Mental Health subject regarding the therapeutic role of the nursing students in the attention of adult into the Context of Enlarged Clinic held in the Day-Hospital Dr. Elger Nunes, Natal/RN. A total of 42 case studies were analyzed and formatted in corpus and based on the ALCESTE software.