Open AccessMental health, spirituality and alternative practices for coping with health professionals in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic
Author(s) -
Luana Araújo Macedo Scalia,
Omar Pereira de Almeida Neto,
Poliana Alves Rodrigues Duarte,
Kamila Silva de Miranda,
Cecilia Soares Ferreira Carilli
Publication year - 2020
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2411-2933
DOI - 10.31686/ijier.vol8.iss8.2540
Subject(s) - mental health , meditation , biopsychosocial model , mindfulness , psychology , coping (psychology) , pandemic , population , spirituality , psychotherapist , psychiatry , clinical psychology , medicine , distress , covid-19 , alternative medicine , disease , philosophy , theology , environmental health , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty)
The new pneumonia caused by coronavirus 2 of severe acute respiratory syndrome (COVID-19) has the potential to develop biopsychosocial instability in the population and is responsible for much of the increase in mental disorders that occur after the beginning of the pandemic, especially among health professionals working on the front line. Physical exhaustion and mental distress leads them to search alternative therapies for harm reduction, such as therapeutic communication therapies, active listening, meditation, mindfulness and yoga. Such actions can decrease stress and have potential harm reduction in relation to the development of posttraumatic stress disorder. In addition, religiosity and/or spirituality reduced the psychological suffering of health workers, not only in moments of pandemic, but in the daily work routines.