Saúde mental dos médicos e profissionais de saúde | Covid-19

Antônio Geraldo da Silva; Maria Dilma Alves Teodoro; Mayra Isabel Correia Pinheiro

doi:10.25118/issn.2965-1832.2020.621

Authors

Antônio Geraldo da Silva Médico psiquiatra, presidente da Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria - ABP e da Associação Psiquiátrica da América Latina - APAL https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3423-7076
Maria Dilma Alves Teodoro Médica psiquiatra, coordenadora nacional de Saúde Mental, Álcool e Outras Drogas do Ministério da Saúde
Mayra Isabel Correia Pinheiro Médica pediatra, secretária de Gestão do Trabalho e da Educação na Saúde do Ministério da Saúde

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25118/issn.2965-1832.2020.621

Keywords:

mental health, covid-19, covid-19 pandemic, doctor mental health, mental health of healthcare professionals, health personnel

Abstract

Since the beginning of the year, the world has been facing the harsh Covid-19 pandemic, caused by the new coronavirus. Over the past three months, doctors and other health professionals across the planet have been at the forefront of disease control and prevention. In countries like China and Italy, attendance at hospitals and health clinics intensified during the most serious period of the health crisis, a reality that is beginning to present itself in Brazil. In addition to caring for the physical health of such professionals, who are constantly exposed to the virus, quarantine and physical isolation can have serious consequences for mental health.