“…The prevalence of diagnosis for mood disorders (F30-F39) and neurotic disorders, stress-related disorders and somatoform disorders (F40-F48), was also found in studies with Federal and State civil servants from other regions of the country 18,21,23,35,36 , predominantly female, with the exception of mental and behavioral disorders due to psychoactive substance use, prevalent in males 23 , which was also observed in this study. Absence rates due to MBD observed in public servants, were around 30%, reinforcing the importance of epidemiological studies to determine the prevalence of MBD in the general population and specifically professions that favor the characterization of the causal link between health problems and work 2 .…”