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

• Autor(a) principal: Moreira,Wanderson Carneiro
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Sousa,Kayo Henrique Jardel Feitosa, Sousa,Anderson Reis de, Santana,Thiago da Silva, Zeitoune,Regina Célia Gollner, Nóbrega,Maria do Perpétuo Socorro de Sousa
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71672021000800307
• topic: Pandemics; Sars-Cov-2; Coronavirus Infections; Mental Health; Public Health

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.