CONSECUENCIAS DE LA PANDEMIA COVID 19 EN LA SALUD MENTAL ASOCIADAS AL AISLAMIENTO SOCIAL

Jairo Ramírez-Ortiz; Diego Castro-Quintero; Carmen Lerma-Córdoba; Francisco Yela-Ceballos; Franklin Escobar-Córdoba

doi:10.1590/SciELOPreprints.303

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Jairo Ramírez-Ortiz Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Facultad de Medicina, Departamento de Psiquiatría, sede Bogotá D.C., Colombia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0232-4071
Diego Castro-Quintero Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Facultad de Medicina, Departamento de Psiquiatría, sede Bogotá D.C., Colombia
Carmen Lerma-Córdoba Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Facultad de Medicina, Departamento de Psiquiatría, sede Bogotá D.C., Colombia. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4863-2504
Francisco Yela-Ceballos Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Facultad de Medicina, Departamento de Psiquiatría, sede Bogotá D.C., Colombia https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6982-3775
Franklin Escobar-Córdoba UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0561-4883

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/SciELOPreprints.303

Keywords:

Pandemics, Social Isolation, Coronavirus Infections, Anxiety Disorders, Depression, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic

Abstract

The 2019 coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) is a public health emergency of international concern, with unprecedented impacts in the 21st century and today represents a major challenge to mental health. Research in past epidemics has revealed a deep and wide range of psychosocial consequences at the individual and community levels during outbreaks. There are multiple associated psychological disturbances, ranging from isolated symptoms to complex disorders with marked impairment of functionality, such as insomnia, anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Therefore, it is necessary for mental health services to develop strategies that allow them to react with skill and to achieve support for health personnel and the affected population, in order to reduce the development of psychological impacts and psychiatric symptoms. The purpose of this reflection article is to show the possible consequences on the mental health of the population that may happen as a result of social isolation due to the COVID-19 pandemic.