IMPLEMENTAÇÃO DE POLÍTICAS PÚBLICAS PARA O TRATAMENTO DOS PROBLEMAS DE SAÚDE MENTAL DECORRENTES DA PANDEMIA DO COVID-19

Abstract

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), anxiety affects 18.6 million Brazilians and mental disorders are responsible for more than a third of the number of disabled people in the Americas. This article analyzes the increase in various mental illnesses after the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic and, given the serious consequences that will impact society in the long term, highlights the need to implement adequate and effective municipal public policies for the reestablishment of mental health. of citizens. Such is the importance that must be given to the topic that the World Health Organization (WHO) has inserted the "professional burnout syndrome", called Burnout, in the list of occupational diseases since January 1, 2022, a disease that can give rise to the absence from work. The treatment of these diseases is crucial for the well-being of the community and for the future of public and private companies, which will have to redouble the care with the mental health of their servers and collaborators.