THE PANDEMIC OF COVID-19 AND ITS IMPACT ON THE MENTAL HEALTH OF HUMANITY - LITERATURE REVIEW

Abstract

Covid-19's pandemic expansion to more than 100 countries around the world has prompted several governments to enact restrictive social mobility measures, known as 'social isolation'. Associated with this fact, a disease with the possibility of causing serious complications generates fear, anxiety and stress. This new scenario, as a side effect, could cause the development or worsening of several psychiatric syndromes. The entire population is touched by the context of a pandemic, but the frontline professionals is a group at risk for the development of psychopathologies associated with exhaustion, frustrations and feelings of helplessness in the face of the increased demands imposed on the health area. Although the relationship between the pandemic and the repercussions for mental health proposed in this work is an extremely relevant topic, it is known that further studies are still needed. This information can be corroborated by the fact that it is still a new disease, which needs further studies in several aspects. Due to this lack, the present study searched for relevant information in several digital libraries, in order to integrate data on the theme addressed.