COVID-19: PSYCHOSOCIAL IMPACT AND MENTAL HEALTH IN LATIN AMERICA

GALLEGOS MIGUEL; CONSOLI ANDRÉS; FERRARI ILKA; CERVIGNI MAURICIO; DE CASTRO PECANHA VIVIANA; MARTINO PABLO; CAYCHO-RODRÍGUEZ TOMÁS; RAZUMOVSKIY ANASTASIA

Fractal: Revista de Psicología

Universidade Federal Fluminense, Departamento de Psicologia

Lugar: Rio de Janeiro; Año: 2021 vol. 33 p. 226 - 232

The COVID-19 pandemic has not only generated various health, economic, and political impacts, but also significant psychosocial and mental health consequences worldwide. Different documents and studies on mental health were analyzed. In Latin America, the most recent studies have begun to document and make patent different effects on the various vulnerized populations such as migrants, women, children, the elderly, people living with significant disabilities, people experiencing marked housing and food insecurity, and temporary workers laboring in what has been referred to as the gig economy. In light of this, it is proposed that the addressing of these issues should have the coordination of transnational policies and the definition of an agenda of critical priorities to focus and address.