Mental health interventions implemented in the COVID-19 pandemic: what is the evidence?

Moreira, Wanderson Carneiro; Sousa, Kayo Henrique Jardel Feitosa; Sousa, Anderson Reis de; Santana, Thiago da Silva; Zeitoune, Regina Célia Gollner; Nóbrega, Maria do Perpétuo Socorro de Sousa

doi:10.1590/0034-7167-2020-0635

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REVIEW • Rev. Bras. Enferm. 74 (suppl 1) • 2021 • https://doi.org/10.1590/0034-7167-2020-0635 copy

Mental health interventions implemented in the COVID-19 pandemic: what is the evidence?

Intervenciones de salud mental implementadas en la pandemia de COVID-19: ¿cuál es la evidencia?

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ABSTRACT

Objective:

to map the evidence on mental health interventions implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Method:

this scoping review was carried out in the MEDLINE/PubMed, SCOPUS, Web of Science, PsycINFO, and Science Direct databases and in the medRxiv, bioRxiv, and PsyArXiv preprints servers using the descriptors “Covid-19”, “coronavirus infection”, “coronavirus”, “2019-nCoV”, “2019 novel coronavirus disease”, “SARS-CoV-2”, “health personnel”, “general public”, and “mental health”.

Results:

eight articles were selected and categorized into mental health interventions for the population, among which mental health interventions were for people diagnosed with suspicion/confirmed COVID-19 and mental health interventions for health professionals.

Conclusion:

telemonitoring, virtual games and strategies focused on social support and muscle relaxation techniques, characterized as non-pharmacological and low-cost, were shown as interventions, which, since they are effective, need to be encouraged and included in mental health care practices.

Descriptors:
Pandemics; Sars-Cov-2; Coronavirus Infections; Mental Health; Public Health

Database	Search strategy
MEDLINE/ PubMed	•	((“covid 19”) AND (“mental health”)
MEDLINE/ PubMed	•	(((“coronavirus infection”) OR (“coronavirus”) OR (“2019-nCoV”) OR (“2019 novel coronavirus disease”) OR (“COVID-19”) OR (“SARS-CoV-2”)) AND ((“Mental health”))
PsycINFO Web of Science	•	(((“coronavirus infection”) OR (“coronavirus”) OR (“2019-nCoV”) OR (“2019 novel coronavirus disease”) OR (“COVID-19”) OR (“SARS-CoV-2”)) AND ((“Mental health”))
SCOPUS	•	TITLE-ABS-KEY (((“coronavirus infection”) OR (“coronavirus”) OR (“2019-nCoV”) OR (“2019 novel coronavirus disease”) OR (“COVID-19”) OR (“SARS-CoV-2”)) AND ((“Mental health”))
Science Direct	•	((“coronavirus infection” OR “coronavirus” OR “2019-nCoV” OR “2019 novel coronavirus disease” OR “COVID-19” OR “SARS-CoV-2”) AND (Mental health) AND (“General public” OR “Health Personnel”))

ID	Country	Journal	Methodological design	Target audience	Intervention	LoE
A1⁽²⁷27 Zhang J, Wu W, Zhao X, Zhang W. Recommended psychological crisis intervention response to the 2019 novel coronavirus pneumonia outbreak in China: a model of West China Hospital. Precis Clin Med. 2020;3(1):3-8. https://doi.org/10.1093/pcmedi/pbaa006 https://doi.org/10.1093/pcmedi/pbaa006... ⁾	China	Precision Clinical Medicine	Descriptive	Health professionals (n= not informed)	Face-to-face and online support	VI
A2⁽²⁸28 Bäuerle A, Graf J, Jansen C, Dörrie N, Junne F, Teufel M, et al. An e-mental health intervention to support burdened people in times of the COVID-19 pandemic: CoPE It. J Public Health. 2020;fdaa058. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdaa058 https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdaa058... ⁾	Germany	Journal of Public Health	Descriptive	General population (n= not informed)	Cope it	VI
A3⁽²⁹29 Waller G, Pugh M, Mulkens S, Moore E, Mountford VA, Carter J, et al. Cognitive-behavioral therapy in the time of coronavirus: clinician tips for working with eating disorders via telehealth when face-to-face meetings are not possible. Int J Eat Disord. 2020;1-10. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.23289 https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.23289... ⁾	UK, Canada, Australia, USA, Abu Dhabi and Netherlands	International Journal Eating Disorders	Descriptive	Health professionals (n= unreported)	Online Support Cognitive-behavioral therapy	VI
A4⁽³⁰30 Viana RB, Lira CAB. Exergames as coping strategies for anxiety disorders during the COVID-19 quarantine period. Games Health J. 2020;9(3):1-3. https://doi.org/10.1089/g4h.2020.0060 https://doi.org/10.1089/g4h.2020.0060... ⁾	Brazil	Games Health Journal	Review	General population	Exergames (physical activity and digital games)	V
A5⁽³¹31 Liu K, Chen Y, Wu D, Lin R, Wang Z, Pan L. Effects of progressive muscle relaxation on anxiety and sleep quality in patients with COVID-19. Complement Ther Med. 2020;39:101132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ctcp.2020.101132 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ctcp.2020.1011... ⁾	China	Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice	Randomized clinical trial	People with COVID-19 (n=51)	Progressive muscle relaxation	II
A6⁽³²32 Kavoor AR, Chakravarthy K, John T. Remote consultations in the era of COVID-19 pandemic: preliminary experience in a regional Australian public acute mental health care setting. Asian J Psychiatr. 2020;51:102074. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2020.102074 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2020.10207... ⁾	Australia	Asian Journal of Psychiatric	Descriptive	General population and people with COVID-19 (n= not informed)	Online support	VI
A7⁽³³33 Jiang X, Deng L, Zhu Y, Ji H, Tao L, Liu L, et al. Psychological crisis intervention during the outbreak period of new coronavirus pneumonia from experience in Shanghai. Psychiatry Res. 2020;286:112903. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2020.112903 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2020.... ⁾	China	Psychiatry Research	Descriptive	Health professionals (n= unreported)	Face-to-face and online support	VI
A8⁽³⁴34 Xiao H, Zhang Y, Kong D, Li S, Yang N. The effects of social support on sleep quality of medical staff treating patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19) in January and February 2020 in China. Med Sci Monit. 2020;26:e923549. https://doi.org/10.12659/MSM.923549 https://doi.org/10.12659/MSM.923549... ⁾	China	Medical Science Monitor	Cross-sectional	Physicians and nurses (n= 180)	Social support	VI

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[1] Corresponding author: Wanderson Carneiro Moreira E-mail: wanderson.moreira@usp.br