Mental health interventions implemented in the COVID-19 pandemic: what is the evidence?

• Main Authors: Wanderson Carneiro Moreira (Author), Kayo Henrique Jardel Feitosa Sousa (Author), Anderson Reis de Sousa (Author), Thiago da Silva Santana (Author), Regina Célia Gollner Zeitoune (Author), Maria do Perpétuo Socorro de Sousa Nóbrega (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem.
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Summary

ABSTRACT Objective: to map the evidence on mental health interventions implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: this scoping review was carried out in the MEDLINE/PubMed, SCOPUS, Web of Science, PsycINFO, and Science Direct databases and in the medRxiv, bioRxiv, and PsyArXiv preprints servers using the descriptors "Covid-19", "coronavirus infection", "coronavirus", "2019-nCoV", "2019 novel coronavirus disease", "SARS-CoV-2", "health personnel", "general public", and "mental health". Results: eight articles were selected and categorized into mental health interventions for the population, among which mental health interventions were for people diagnosed with suspicion/confirmed COVID-19 and mental health interventions for health professionals. Conclusion: telemonitoring, virtual games and strategies focused on social support and muscle relaxation techniques, characterized as non-pharmacological and low-cost, were shown as interventions, which, since they are effective, need to be encouraged and included in mental health care practices.

Item Description

1984-0446
10.1590/0034-7167-2020-0635