O uso habitual do álcool por policiais militares do 8º BPM: implicações físicas e mentais na vida laboral do policial militar

Abstract

The present study aims to provide a diagnosis of the alcohol consumption pattern within the 8th Military Police Battalion (8th BPM), in addition to analyzing the possibility of working life as an incentive factor for alcohol consumption, given the particularities of the highlighting the stress experienced by these professionals. From this perspective, it is fundamental to contextualize the social role that alcoholic beverage has in society today, as well as to understand the implications of improper use for the corporation and for the personal and professional life of the police officer. Considering the proposed objective, the research was developed using, descriptive and exploratory methods. Considering the technical procedures, a case study, bibliographic, documentary and field research was carried out. Therefore, a socioeconomic questionnaire was used, an additional questionnaire to investigate the relationship between consumption with the Military Police and the AUDIT (Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test), a questionnaire developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) to measure consumption of alcohol. Through the analysis of the results, it was possible to diagnose that 45.09% of the sample needs a corrective or guiding intervention against alcohol use, and through the comparison of the presented theories with the results found, it is possible to identify the working life as a factor of incentive to the consumption of alcohol, mainly due to the stress experienced during the performance of the profession.