Mental disease in the general population and health professionals during covid-19: a scoping review

• Autor(a) principal: Moreira, Wanderson Carneiro
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: de Sousa, Anderson Reis, Nóbrega, Maria do Perpétuo S. S.
• Tipo de documento: preprint
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: SciELO Preprints
• Texto Completo: https://preprints.scielo.org/index.php/scielo/preprint/view/689
• topic: Infecções por coronavirus; Saúde mental; Pessoal de saúde; Estresse psicológico; Pandemias; Coronavirus infections; Mental health; Health personnel; Psychological stress; Pandemics

Objective: to map the literature on mental illness in the general population and in health professionals during the Covid-19 pandemic. Method: a scoping review in the MEDLINE / PubMed, SCOPUS, Web of Science, PsycINFO, Science Direct databases and in the medRxiv, bioRxiv and PsyArXiv preprint 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: 1,168 articles were found, of which 27 were analyzed. 19 (70%) dealt with the prevalence of mental illness in the general population, six (22%) in doctors and nurses, one (4%) in other health professionals and one (4%) in the general population and nurses. 19 symptoms of mental illness were identified. Conclusion: the Covid-19 pandemic triggered, more frequently, anxiety, depression, stress and post-traumatic stress disorders in the general population and health professionals. Women, students and nurses are among the most affected.