Protocolos para tratamento psicológico em pandemias: as demandas em saúde mental produzidas pela COVID-19

This paper discusses and suggests studies dealing with development of protocols for mental health interventions in the emergency and crisis situation caused by COVID-19. There is evidence of repercussions for mental health and limitations on the means for dealing with the pandemic, caused by the prolonged isolation and confinement imposed by quarantine measures, observable in contagion suspects, COVID-9 patients, family members, and members of the healthcare teams involved in frontline treatment. However, there is scant technical and scientific literature on intervention protocols for people obliged toendure withdrawal from social and employment activity because of the pandemic.