Morte e luto: contribuições psicológicas acerca das transformações causadas pela pandemia da COVID-19

Abstract

The COVID-19 Pandemic has brought several impacts in a globalized way impacting the physical and mental health of the population and, because there is no pharmacological treatment for the disease, isolation and distancing measures were implemented. In this way the health agencies implemented many norms to contain the spread of viruses, such as changes in funeral rituals. With these transformations, many individuals were prevented from saying goodbye to their relatives in the usual way and many of them were psychologically affected by these changes. The present work aimed to analyze the contributions of psychology to the mourning process in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. A qualitative study was conducted delineated from a narrative literature review, through a bibliographic survey, in which the material was collected in electronic media such as Scielo, USP Digital Library, Google Scholar, ebook and physical means such as books to sumarize psychological interventions that can contribute to the mourning process. The results were several strategies elaborated by psychology teams in the hospital environment directed to patients and family members to alleviate the suffering of those involved in this process, enabling other forms of family contact and support that contribute to the elaboration of grief. In addition to the specificities of the Pandemic, such as restrictions on rituals and sudden deaths, it is necessary to evaluate other risk factors related to losses that are implicated in the bereavement process.