Impactos da Covid – 19 na saúde mental na população brasileira: uma revisão bibliográfica sistemática

Abstract

With the aggravations caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the concern with the mental health of the population has intensified, becoming a serious social crisis, described as one of the biggest international public health problems of the last decades. OBJECTIVE: to identify literature reviews of clinical studies that present evidence about the impacts of Covid-19 on mental health. METHODS: bibliographic study of the systematic type of clinical studies, in which electronic databases were used: Scielo, BVS and PubMed, in the search for available literature reviews on the impact of Covid-19 on mental health, published between 2020 and 2022 in Brazil. RESULTS: 10 articles were selected, where the main results showed that the impacts on mental health identified were: depression, anxiety and stress. CONCLUSION: the importance of mental health care as a public policy, with the guarantee of services and professionals to meet the great demand that exists today. Care for physical, cognitive and mental well-being are essential for a better quality of life for the population, as well as for its reestablishment.