COVID-19 E SAÚDE MENTAL DE CRIANÇAS E ADOLESCENTES COVID-19 and Mental Health for Children and Adolescents

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic affected the population in a global proportion, with repercussions for individual and collective consequences in different spheres, among them, in physical and mental health. This article is a review of the literature in the area that aims to map the academic production in progress, with a view to understanding these repercussions on mental health in childhood and adolescence, contributing to the theoretical body of studies on the subject. Among the results, it was possible to identify that the pandemic context causes several symptoms of disorders and signs of psychological distress to emerge and / or accentuate; which makes children and adolescents vulnerable to mental illness. In this way, it reminds the support network of these subjects, as agents of health promotion, learning and healthy development, their necessary and active role in the current moment.

Keywords: mental health; childhood; adolescence; pandemic; COVID-19.