Mental health perceptions of health workers on behalf of psychotherapeutic support providers in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic

  • Rendon-Quintero, Eduardo (PI)
  • Cano, Juan F. (PI)
  • Guerrero-González, Abel (CoI)
  • González-Diaz, Jairo Mario (CoI)
  • Soto-Caicedo, Angela Patricia (CoI)
  • Angel Giraldo, Laura (Student)
  • Suárez Ángel, María Cristina (Student)

Project: Research Project

Project Details

Description

The disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus has resulted in 234,073 confirmed cases worldwide and 9,840 deaths just ten days after the WHO declared it a pandemic. Health workers are on the front line of any response to the outbreak and are therefore exposed to multiple psychosocial risks. A study is proposed to find out the perceptions of mental health and illness (depression, anxiety, professional burnout, perceived stigma, consumption and withdrawal of psychoactive substances and suicidal ideation) are perceived by health workers on behalf of support providers. psychotherapeutic in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Keywords

To explore in depth the perceptions and reflections that psychotherapeutic support providers have about mental health problems and psychopathology (depression, anxiety, professional burnout, perceived stigma, consumption and withdrawal of psychoactive substances, and suicidal ideation) that health care workers have. health in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Commitments / Obligations

Article in international journal, presentation at congress
Short titleMental health perceptions of health workers due to the COVID pandemic
AcronymCOVID Percepciones SM
StatusFinished
Effective start/end date3/10/203/9/22

UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This project contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being

Main Funding Source

  • Installed Capacity (Academic Unit)

Location

  • Bogotá D.C.

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