Contribuição da psicologia na assistência às famílias afetadas na pandemia do covid-19

• Autor(a) principal: Ferreira, Andrea Barbosa
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório do Centro Universitário Braz Cubas
• Texto Completo: https://repositorio.cruzeirodosul.edu.br/handle/123456789/2871
• topic: Covid-19; Saúde mental; Psicologia; Pandemia; CNPQ::CIENCIAS HUMANAS::PSICOLOGIA

Currently, the covid-19 pandemic has been a major concern regardless of country, state or city. It ruthlessly interferes in all areas of human life, bringing economic, political, social, financial and psychological disorganization, affecting people's daily lives and their relationship with themselves and the world. The present work sought, through its research, to understand which are the contributions of Psychology to the mental health of families affected by the pandemic in the city of João Pessoa and identified that some transformations in behavior occurred as a consequence of the disease and government restrictions, thus generating, some psychic illnesses. The work was done through a descriptive practical research, of qualitative nature. Participated 10 psychologists working in clinical psychology, selected by means of the non-probabilistic technique for convenience and who have treated a patient who has been directly or indirectly affected by covid-19, by a family member. Participants who did not complete the interview were excluded. As for the instruments, a sociodemographic questionnaire and a semi-structured interview based on the objectives and hypothesis of this study were used. After the approval of the ethics committee, data collection started, the survey was answered individually in a place and time chosen by the participant, respecting ethical aspects. The data were analyzed through content analysis, according to the Bardin technique. This research sought to understand how psychology contributed to mental health in the face of the covid-19 pandemic in the city of João Pessoa.