O impacto da pandemia de COVID-19 na saúde mental dos profissionais de saúdeEl impacto de la pandemia de COVID-19 en la salud mental de los profesionales de la salud

摘要

The 2019 novel coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) is an international public health emergencyunprecedented in modern history 1. Besides the biological context, and due to the wide and longlastingchanges in daily life it may cause, coping with it represents a challenge to psychologicalresilience. Previous studies have shown that epidemics and contamination outbreaks of diseases havebeen followed by drastic individual and social psychosocial impacts, which eventually become morepervasive than the epidemic itself 2,3. Currently, due to this pandemic, high levels of anxiety, stress anddepression have already been observed in the general population 4,5.