CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: EXPERIENCES FROM SIX FRONTLINE HOSPITALS IN MEXICO

Abstract

Around the world, the COVID-19 pandemic has generated clinical challenges for health personnel in general, and particularly hospital personnel. In Mexico, the clinical psy-chologists who are part of the local hospital systems have adapted professional practices to provide mental health care in COVID-19 frontline hospitals. This text describes the actions, lessons, and challenges arising from treating patients, families, and health workers in six COVID-19 hospitals in Mexico. It highlights the main problems iden-tified, strategies to address them, and the barriers encountered during this pandemic. Finally, this paper may be useful for planning clinical psychological activities within COVID-19 hospitals in locations where new waves of contagion appear.