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ReviewTrends in psychiatry and psychotherapy

COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing: economic, psychological, family, and technological effects.

Luciane Maria Both, Gustavo Zoratto, Vitor Crestani Calegaro, Luis Francisco Ramos-Lima, Bianca Lorenzi Negretto, Simone Hauck, Lucia Helena Machado Freitas

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Review in Trends in psychiatry and psychotherapy. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Luciane Maria BothPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Psiquiatria e Ciências do Comportamento, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS. Brazil.
Gustavo ZorattoFaculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Santa Maria, RS, Brazil.
Vitor Crestani CalegaroDepartamento de Neuropsiquiatria, UFSM, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil. 4.
Luis Francisco Ramos-LimaPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Psiquiatria e Ciências do Comportamento, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS. Brazil. Programa de Pesquisa e Tratamento de Trauma Psicológico (NET-Trauma), Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
Bianca Lorenzi NegrettoFaculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Santa Maria, RS, Brazil.
Simone HauckPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Psiquiatria e Ciências do Comportamento, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS. Brazil. Programa de Pesquisa e Tratamento de Trauma Psicológico (NET-Trauma), Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
Lucia Helena Machado FreitasPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Psiquiatria e Ciências do Comportamento, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS. Brazil. Programa de Pesquisa e Tratamento de Trauma Psicológico (NET-Trauma), Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.

Funding

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior Financing Code 001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThe concept of social isolation is currently understood as a measure of epidemiological containment that aims to reduce the speed of spread of the disease, enabling health services to prepare their resources to cope with the likely increase in demand, while also seeking to provide additional protection to groups considered to be at higher risk.

objectiveThe present narrative review aims to compile and synthesize the literature related to social isolation produced during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

methodThis study is a narrative review of the literature on social isolation in the context of the COVID- 19 pandemic.

results73 publications were included for full-text reading and were classified into the following categories: levels of social isolation, economic effects, family relationships, health system, mental health of the population, and use of technology.

conclusionsIt is necessary to plan an escalation of responses to the consequences of the pandemic, especially in view of the increased demand on the health sector and social services. The negative effects of social isolation can be prevented by public policies that offer a response to the economic recession, maintenance of social work, encouragement of quality care in mental health services, and community support for vulnerable families.

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Physical DistancingSocial IsolationCOVID-19Economic RecessionFamilyHumansTelemedicineCoronavirusCOVID-19pandemicsocial distance

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PMID34043896
PMCPMC8317552

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