MENTAL HEALTH IN HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCIES: TIME OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC Márcia R.M. Pourchet, Lusanir S. Carvalho, Márcia P.R. Dias

Abstract

This article aims to briefly address what are the adaptations inthe humanitarian emergency assistance of individuals in the faceof the pandemic of the new coronavirus Covid-19. As areference, the Brazilian Federal Council of Psychology (CFP)was chosen, scientific data produced by the Oswaldo CruzFoundation (FIOCRUZ), by the World Health Organization(WHO), in addition to the psychoanalytic theoretical contribution.The work is based on the perspective of the adequacy of care forpeople in psychological distress, in ensuring that thishumanitarian mental health care continues to reach those whoneed it most, whether patients, family members or healthprofessionals, what are the strategies applied for emergencymental health care in the face of the pandemic in Brazil?