Mental Health Impact of COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract

SRAS COV-19 pandemic will have an impact in mental health, for general population, for health professionals, and for those who had suffered infection and for people with previous mental health disorders. Mental health problems after in pandemic can be considered similar as those that happened in a disasters or catastrophes situations, natural or human being induce; one of the principal characteristics is that they affect healthy persons. Up to now, there are some studies that considered that the incidence of mental health problems will raised up to 30%, and therefore is very important identified risk population, and vulnerability and protection factors to give this people the attention needed.