La salud mental en Venezuela a un año del inicio de la pandemia

Resumen

El objetivo del trabajo es estudiar la dimension psicosocial de la salud mental en Venezuela por efecto de la pandemia por covid-19. Se analizaron fuentes documentales y se identificaron las areas de preocupacion y grupos de afectados. Asimismo, se llevo una actividad de campo, entrevistas a expertos y revision de informacion de la actividad clinica con pacientes que han superado el covid 19; todo esto, en un contexto nacional de crisis humanitaria compleja, recesion economica e hiperinflacion. Como hallazgos importantes se identificaron afectaciones en la poblacion a nivel psicologico-emocional: miedos irracionales, ansiedad, inestabilidad en el estado de animo; cognitivos: vulnerabilidad, sensacion de perdida de control, pensamientos recurrentes negativos; conductuales: incremento de rituales de proteccion, alteraciones del sueno, abuso de sustancias y problemas de convivencia, entre otros. Finalmente, se resalta el cuidado de la salud mental como eje de atencion prioritario en la pandemia. Abstract This study aims to analyze the psychosocial dimension of mental health in Venezuela under the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. Through documentary sources, areas of concern by those afflicted were identified; likewise, fieldwork interviews with experts were carried out, as well as the revision of clinical activity with patients who have overcome Covid-19; sources were lifted within the more general context of the current Venezuelan complex humanitarian crisis, prolonged economic recession, and hyperinflation. The most salient findings were the identification of conditions both within the population at large and those affected by the virus: Psycho-emotionally: irrational fears, anxiety, mood swings; Cognitively: vulnerability, feeling of loss of control, negative recurring thoughts; Behaviorally: increased protection rituals, sleep disturbances, substance abuse and coexistence problems, among others. Furthermore, the care of mental health is highli-ghted as a potential priority focus in the context of the pandemic.