Tools used in continuous mental health care in the context of COVID-19: an integrative review

Authors

  • Marlla Héllen do Nascimento Araújo
  • Maria Zilda Melo Regis
  • Samara Amorim de Araújo
  • Rômulo Kunrath Pinto Silva
  • Denise Mota Araripe Pereira Fernandes
  • Vilma Felipe Costa de Melo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36489/saudecoletiva.2021v11i62p5082-5091

Keywords:

Care, COVID-19, Mental Health

Abstract

The pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 brought challenges and changes that significantly influenced mental health care, where maintaining longitudinality, once a powerful assistance tool, has been a challenge for Family Health teams. This integrative review aims to search the literature for the means that can be used in PHC to minimize mental suffering due to the pandemic. The methodology adopted was the search for literature in the Virtual Health Library (VHL), by crossing the descriptors: "care" and "covid-19" and "mental health", with 347 articles being found. Through the inclusion and exclusion criteria the total sample was composed of 4 works. It was observed that the use of light technologies has been used to minimize the psychological effects caused by the pandemic, either to patients affected by the virus or the population that seeks alternative means to maintain mental health.

Author Biographies

Marlla Héllen do Nascimento Araújo

Medical student at the Federal University of Campina Grande.

Maria Zilda Melo Regis

Medical student at the Federal University of Campina Grande

Samara Amorim de Araújo

Medical student at the Federal University of Paraí­ba.

Rômulo Kunrath Pinto Silva

Medical student at the Federal University of Paraí­ba.

Denise Mota Araripe Pereira Fernandes

Family and Community Physician at the Municipal Health Department of João Pessoa and voluntary tutor of the Internship in Public Health at the Federal University of Paraí­ba. Master's student in Family Health by FACENE.

Vilma Felipe Costa de Melo

Female doctor. Psychologist. Professor of the Master in Family Health by FACENE.

Published

2021-03-01

How to Cite

do Nascimento Araújo, M. H. ., Melo Regis, M. Z. ., Amorim de Araújo, S. ., Kunrath Pinto Silva, R. ., Mota Araripe Pereira Fernandes, D. ., & Costa de Melo, V. F. . (2021). Tools used in continuous mental health care in the context of COVID-19: an integrative review. Saúde Coletiva (Barueri), 11(62), 5082–5091. https://doi.org/10.36489/saudecoletiva.2021v11i62p5082-5091

Issue

Section

Artigos Cientí­ficos