Open AccessCOVID-19, mental health and Indigenous populations in Brazil: The epidemic beyond the pandemic
Author(s) -
Jucier Gonçalves Júnior,
Jucycler Ferreira Freitas,
Estelita Lima Cândido
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
world journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2220-3206
DOI - 10.5498/wjp.v12.i5.766
Subject(s) - pandemic , mental health , indigenous , public health , covid-19 , environmental health , medicine , geography , economic growth , business , socioeconomics , psychiatry , nursing , sociology , ecology , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , economics , biology
The aim of this paper was to report on factors contributing to the deterioration of the mental health of Indigenous populations (IP) in Brazil. Five factors seem to have a direct impact on the mental health of IP in Brazil: (1) The absence of public policies; (2) Intellectual production; (3) Psychiatric medical care for remote areas ( e.g., telemedicine) aimed at promoting the mental health of Brazil's IP, which causes a huge gap in the process of assistance and social, psychological, economic and cultural valorization of native peoples; (4) The dissemination of fake news, which exposed, above all, older IP to risk behaviors in the pandemic, such as refusal of vaccination; and (5) The violence carried out on IP lands due to economic interests with mining/agribusiness.