COVID-19 pandemic: practical guide for promoting the mental health of children and adolescents

Almeida, Roberto Santoro; Brito, Alexandre dos Santos; Alves, Ana Claudia da Silva; Abranches, Cecy Dunshee de; Wanderley, Daniele de Brito; Crenzel, Gabriela; Lima, Rossano Cabral; Barros, Vera Lúcia Reis Souza de

doi:10.25060/residpediatr-2020.v10n2-318

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“…Percebe-se que a maior parte das necessidades destes pacientes se fizeram presentes, independente do contexto de crise pandêmica, isso, partindo de sua autopercepção. Almeida et al (2020) contribuem propondo que o isolamento e a vivência da crise podem oportunizar a introspecção e podem fortalecer estratégias de enfrentamento.…”

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Do Isolamento ao Sintoma: Demandas e Repercussões na Saúde Mental em Tempos de Pandemia

Savaris

2023

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Resumo: A pandemia do novo coronavírus repercutiu em diversos aspectos na vida da população, não apenas em função da ameaça iminente de adoecimento, mas também em função das alterações na rotina de vida. Este estudo objetivou caracterizar o perfil de pessoas que buscaram atendimentos com queixas de saúde mental e as demandas mais prevalentes que emergiram após o início da pandemia da covid-19. Trata-se de uma pesquisa de abordagem quantitativa, exploratório-descritiva com recorte transversal que descreveu o perfil de pessoas que buscaram atendimento psicológico ou psiquiátrico em um plano de saúde privado na região sul do país, identificou as queixas mais prevalentes no período entre os meses de abril a dezembro de 2020 e verificou se as pessoas relacionavam ou não estas queixas com a vivência da pandemia. Foram analisados dados de 890 prontuários médicos através do programa computacional IBM SPSS Statistics v.20.0. Resultou que o perfil dos(as) pacientes que demandaram atendimentos de saúde mental foi composto na 42,3% por pessoas adultas jovens, 58,4% pessoas do sexo feminino, 60,3% fizeram busca direta, 52,5% com histórico prévio de tratamento de saúde mental, 79,1% não apresentaram comorbidades clínicas e 70% correlacionam suas queixas com a pandemia. As queixas mais prevalentes estão relacionadas 83,2% a sintomas depressivos e 79,8% ansiedade e oscilações de humor. Como conclusão, os achados deste estudo apontaram que ser mulher, jovem e ter histórico de tratamento em saúde mental representam fatores de risco para o adoecimento psíquico, em especial para sintomas depressivos e ansiosos, mas não são fatores excludentes, apontando para os graves efeitos que a pandemia trouxe à saúde em geral da população.

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Do Isolamento ao Sintoma: Demandas e Repercussões na Saúde Mental em Tempos de Pandemia

Savaris

2023

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“…According to the Brazilian Society of Pediatrics, the use of television, tablets and computers should be equivalent to the child's age, discouraging excessive use of them. Another important aspect that parents should pay attention to is that exposure in virtual environments can leave the child vulnerable to crimes (ALMEIDA et al, 2020).…”

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Analysis of the increase in technology addiction during the Covid-19 pandemic and its consequences in childhood

Oliveira¹,

Castro²,

Consulin³

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Childhood is composed of biological and psychosocial transitions, which enable the acquisition of motor, cognitive, and affective-social domains of development. With the onset of the covid-19 pandemic in 2020 the WHO recommended that preventive measures be taken, such as closing schools as well as public places, a fact that culminated in distancing from friends and family. This has led to a greater proximity of children to technology, thus increasing their exposure to screens. According to the Brazilian Society of Pediatrics, the use of television, tablets, and computers should be equivalent to the child's age, monitored by those responsible in order to avoid excessive use. In this context, the objective of this project was to analyze the technological addictions of 4th and 5th grade students from Elementary School I in the city of Votuporanga-SP, developed before and during the Pandemic by Covid-19, and its impacts on the children's mental health. The data were collected through a semi-structured questionnaire designed to evaluate the behavior of the children regarding the use of technology and lifestyle habits, in a qualitative and quantitative way. Our results showed that the pandemic period favored a greater access to digital equipment by children, due to their use for school activities. The increased use of cell phones created the possibility of distraction with games, videos, and participation in social networks. However, they emphasized that they prefer games involving physical activity to simply using screens. We also observed that it is of fundamental importance that parents/guardians accompany the children in stimulating family interaction.

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“…After two periods of general confinement, in which learning and friendships were lived at a distance, but stress and inability to adopt effective coping strategies were a present reality, several studies (Almeida et al, 2020;Kecojevic et al, 2020;Singh et al, 2020) revealed negative consequences of the pandemic in young people's lives, in the academic areas, with impacts on learning and performance (Dias & Pinto, 2020); social, with interference in peer relationships (Branquinho et al, 2020;Rogers, Ha, Ockeya, 2021); family, with increased conflicts (Branquinho et al, 2020); as well as physical and psychological health. In a recent literature review (Loads et al, 2020), the impact of the pandemic on the mental health of this generation was reinforced, as well as the association with depressive and anxious symptomatology (Nearchou et al, 2020;Oosterhoff et al, 2020;Zhou et al, 2020).…”

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“…Although responses in the area of mental health, through the dissemination of coping strategies (e.g. establishment of routines and habits) and the provision of support services, have supported a better psychological health status (Almeida et al, 2020;Deslandes & Coutinho, 2020) and consequent subjective well-being (Pigaiani et al, 2020), decreased health behaviours and adoption of risk behaviours, such as higher food intake, poorer sleep quality (Abbas et al, 2020), decreased physical activity (Abbas et al, 2020;Schmidt et al, 2020) and increased screen time (Schmidt et al, 2020;Xiang et al, 2020) have been associated with the pandemic period.…”

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What About After the Covid-19 Pandemic? Adolescents' Voices on This Period in Their Lives

Branquinho,

Gaspar de Matos

2022

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Objective: what youth found most difficult during COVID-19, their coping strategies and expectations regarding the future. Method: multi-method with 318 participants (16-24 years; M = 19.07, SD = 2.66), mostly girls (69.5%), students (78.5%) in secondary school or equivalent (52.8%) or higher (41.7%). Results: negative perception of the impacts on mental and social health, social relationships and behaviours. Secondary and university students have a similar perception of the impacts of the pandemic, but different future expectations. Conclusions: these results are expected to raise awareness of the importance of psychological support, and resource availability during and after the pandemic.

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COVID-19 pandemic: practical guide for promoting the mental health of children and adolescents

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Do Isolamento ao Sintoma: Demandas e Repercussões na Saúde Mental em Tempos de Pandemia

Do Isolamento ao Sintoma: Demandas e Repercussões na Saúde Mental em Tempos de Pandemia

Analysis of the increase in technology addiction during the Covid-19 pandemic and its consequences in childhood

What About After the Covid-19 Pandemic? Adolescents' Voices on This Period in Their Lives

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