Mental Health Interventions Implemented in the COVID-19 Pandemic: What is the Evidence?

Overview

Journal Rev Bras Enferm

Specialty Nursing

Date 2021 Jun 16

PMID 34133542

Citations 10

Authors

Wanderson Carneiro Moreira

Kayo Henrique Jardel Feitosa Sousa

Anderson Reis de Sousa

Thiago da Silva Santana

Regina Celia Gollner Zeitoune

Maria do Perpetuo Socorro de Sousa Nobrega

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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.

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