Effects during the COVID-19 pandemic, in the mental health

The following article aims to establish the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health with a mixed methodology. It raises the possibility of increased development of mental illness, and with it the crisis inhealth systems. As a result of the analysis it was established that mental illnesses, such as depression and anxiety, will have a significant increase during the pandemic, and their effects will continue many decadesafter it is overcome. Finally, a projection of the long-term consequences of the pandemicwas made, and it was determined that there is a high probability that 20% of the world's population will develop some form of mental illness as a result of the context generated by the pandemic.

• Fecha de publicación: 2020
• Institución: Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia
• Repositorio: RiUPTC: Repositorio Institucional UPTC
• Idioma: spa
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.uptc.edu.co:001/15845
• Acceso en línea: https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/derecho_realidad/article/view/12164; https://repositorio.uptc.edu.co/handle/001/15845
• Palabra clave: Mental health; COVID-19; pandemic; mental illness; crisis; Salud mental; COVID-19; pandemia; enfermedades mentales; crisis; Mental health; COVID-19; pandemic; doença mental; crise
• License: http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2