The Education of Adults in Young People and Adults as a Promoter of Mental Health

  • Janira Siqueira Camargo Universidade Estadual de Maringá
Keywords: Education of Young People and Adults, Adults, Illiteracy, Mental Health

Abstract

Current paper discusses education for people who return to or start the schooling process in their adulthood, in the Education of Young People and Adults program, as an instrument for the promotion of mental health. A research with eleven adult students in the first stages of the Primary School showed that the admittance or re-admittance in school provided significant benefits in the life of these people from an emotional, cognitive and social aspect. School attendance provides a remediation and prevention of mental health problems by the empowerment of people through schooling.

Author Biography

Janira Siqueira Camargo, Universidade Estadual de Maringá
Psicóloga, com Especialização em Psicopedagogia Clínica e Institucional, Mestrado em Psicologia da Educação, Doutorado em Educação para a Ciência e a Matemática, Professora Adjunta do Departamento de Teoria e Prática da Educação da Universidade Estadual de Maringá na área de Psicologia da Educação.
Published
2015-04-30