ReviewLancet regional health. Americas2022
Strengthening mental health responses to COVID-19 in the Americas: A health policy analysis and recommendations.
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34 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 119 citations in OpenAlex.
- Women's mental health and COVID-19: increased vulnerability and inequalities.Frontiers in global women's health · 2024Pooled it
- Prevalence and incidence of neuropsychiatric disorders in post hospitalized COVID-19 patients in South America: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Pooled it
- Effects of neurofeedback on major depressive disorder: a systematic review.Einstein (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2023Pooled it
- Scoping review of mental health-related policies issued in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in Peru.PLOS mental health · 2026Article
- Integrating psychosocial health into disaster risk management: Insights from COVID-19 in Durán, Ecuador.PloS one · 2026Article
- Assessment of burnout in nursing technicians in intensive care exclusively during the COVID-19 pandemic.Revista brasileira de enfermagem · 2025Article
- Integrating mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) into infectious disease outbreak response: Results of an expert consensus study.IJID regions · 2024Article
- Mental health preparedness and response to epidemics focusing on COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study in Iran.BMC public health · 2024Article
- The burden and its determinants of mental health distress among adolescents dwelling in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2024Article
- Telehealth in community mental health centers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Peru: A qualitative study with key stakeholders.SSM. Mental health · 2024Article
- Science, technology, and innovation in health for the next twenty years: A survey analysis in Colombia.Health care science · 2024Article
- Task Sharing and Remote Delivery of Brief Interpersonal Counseling for Venezuelan Migrants and Refugees Living in Peru during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Mixed-Methods Pilot Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- The rise in mortality due to intentional self-poisoning by medicines in Brazil between 2003 and 2022: relationship with regional and global crises.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- The social evolution of COVID-19: pandemics asFrontiers in sociology · 2024Review
- Anxiety and Stress Related to COVID-19 Among the Community Dwelling Older Adults Residing in the Largest Refugee Camp of the World.Community mental health journal · 2023Article
- Barriers to mental health treatment in primary care practice in low- and middle-income countries in a post-covid era: A systematic review.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2023Review
- A 16-month longitudinal investigation of risk and protective factors for mental health outcomes throughout three national lockdowns and a mass vaccination campaign: Evidence from a weighted Israeli sample during COVID-19.Psychiatry research · 2023Article
- Rebuilding the Americas after COVID-19: next challenges for the region.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2023Article
- Attitudes of Physicians and Individuals Toward Digital Mental Health Tools: Protocol for a Web-Based Survey Research Project.JMIR research protocols · 2023Article
- Digital mental health for postpartum women: perils, pitfalls, and promise.NPJ digital medicine · 2023Article
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Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic is having a major impact on the mental health of populations in the Americas. Studies show high rates of depression and anxiety, among other psychological symptoms, particularly among women, young people, those with pre-existing mental health conditions, health workers, and persons living in vulnerable conditions. Mental health systems and services have also been severely disrupted. A lack of financial and human resource investments in mental health services, limited implementation of the decentralized community-based care approach and policies to address the mental health gap prior to the pandemic, have all contributed to the current crisis. Countries must urgently strengthen their mental health responses to COVID-19 by taking actions to scale up mental health and psychosocial support services for all, reach marginalized and at-risk populations, and build back better mental health systems and services for the future.
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