Mental health in health workers and other population groups in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic

Salud mental en los trabajadores de la salud y otros grupos poblacionales en relación con la pandemia del COVID-19 Mental health in the COVID-19 pandemic

Introduction. Throughout the history of humanity, many pandemics have occurred that have caused great damage to the physical and mental health of the population. The purpose of this review is to present an analysis of mental health compromise in various population groups.

Method. With the descriptors: anxiety, stress, depression, mental illness, mental disorder, health personnel, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, a search was made in the Embase, Scopus, PubMed, Web of Science (ISI) databases. , Google Scholar, and Google to carry out a narrative review of the mental disorders that occurred in children and adolescents, university students, high-risk patients, patients with the infection, the elderly, and health personnel.

Discussion: Although currently and according to the WHO the COVID-19 pandemic persists, and long-term consequences or sequelae will have to be expected, multiple studies have been carried out that evaluate mental effects in various population groups. The figures for anxiety, stress, depression, and post-traumatic stress have increased in all population groups.

Conclusions. Strategies should be designed and applied to make an early diagnosis of mental health disorders in the general population and especially in front-line health personnel. It is to be expected that in the medium and long term sequelae related to isolation will begin to be seen, especially in children and adolescents.

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