<p>This study aimed to investigate how the characteristic forms of illness and the self-care in professionals of assistance to victims of violence has been explored scientific field. For this, a systematic search about of these two aspects in this group of workers was undertaken through the combination of different descriptors in three databases: IndexPsi, Scielo e PsycInfo. In this search, about 968 writings on the subject matter were found, which, after being submitted to the inclusion and exclusion criteria, were included in 41 articles as final sample for this research proposal. The following topics was identified: forms of illness and its consequences, risk factors and protection for illness and self-care for workers of assistance to victims of violence.</p>