Considering the changes that are taking place nowadays in the world of work, it became essential to deepen the debate on the existing relationship between labor and health/mental health, and also on its recognition, in order to guarantee legal support for workers, and mainly to bring contributions in search of transformations in labor situations. The purposes of this paper are: to argue that topic, pointing out the difficulties of determining connections between certain aspects of work and falling ill; to indicate some limits and expectations, as well as the necessity of interlocutions that enable advances both in theoretical terms and on what concerns to practical application of the knowledge generated. So, this paper intends to put in relief that work is fundamental to understand subjectivity and the mental health/ disease process.
work; health; mental health; psychological suffering