Impact of Covid-19 on mental health

Authors

  • Cláudia Mara de Melo Tavares Universidade Federal Fluminense

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17665/1676-4285.20216538

Keywords:

Nursing, Mental Health, Pandemics

Abstract

When we least expected it, the fear of death resurfaced with all its ancestral force. Until then, the majority of the world's population was experiencing a kind of sedation of the senses about the impacts of the misery caused by the global economy on people's mental health. And in the extreme era of globalization, when we had already become accustomed to the illusory comfort promoted by the consumer society, here comes a virus that makes us wake up from the sweet and warm maternal lap of capitalism.

Author Biography

Cláudia Mara de Melo Tavares, Universidade Federal Fluminense

Professor Titular da Área de Enfermagem Psiquiátrica, Departamento de Enfermagem Materno-Infantil e Psiquiatria da UFF

Doutora em Enfermagem-UFRJ

http://lattes.cnpq.br/6927667633888452

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Published

2024-08-23

Issue

Section

Editorial