The psychological impact of COVID-19 in the general population: A review and reflection in Portuguese Speaking Countries

• Author(s): Sebastião, Rita ; Costa, Vasco ; Neto, David Dias
• Date: 2022
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/8724
• Origin: Repositório do ISPA - Instituto Universitário
• Subject(s): COVID-19; Psicopatología; Bienestar; Estrés; Trauma
• Document Type: Journal article
• Language: English
• Contributor(s): Repositório do ISPA

Description

Despite being a global condition, the COVID-19 pandemic, has differential impacts, expressed in different number of cases, deaths, information, political and cultural issues. We review and summarized the literature related to the pandemic of COVID-19 in Portuguese speaking countries. The goal of our review was: 1) summarize the research that reported the prevalence of symptoms of anxiety, depression, post-traumatic disorder, and other indicators of psychological impact in the general population from Portuguese speaking countries, in specific Portugal and Brazil; 2) focus on the COVID-19 related experiences that can be associated with psychological issues; 3) reflect on risk and protective factors that may be associated with psychological distress; and 4) present some reflections about psychological processes that can explain the association between the pandemic and mental health.