Neurobiological aspects of the development of psychopathologies in health professionals while coping with the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic
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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1679-9836.v100i1p49-56Keywords:
Neurobiology, Mental health, Health personnel, CoronavirusAbstract
Introduction: The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, although recent, has impacted the healthcare systems globally, resulting in a tremendous psychological overload for healthcare professionals who are actively coping with this disease. The exposure to stressing factors has triggered diverse neuro-biochemical alterations that propitiate the development of psychopathologies, as anxiety, depression, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and Burnout Syndrome. Objective: This article seeks to understand the neurobiological alterations that occur in healthcare professionals working in the pandemic, due to chronic stressors, as well as psychological problems related to such changes, through an integrative literature review. Method: Integrative bibliographic review, utilizing the PubMed and SciELO databases. Results: The healthcare professionals who cope with Covid-19 are subjected to acute and chronic stressing situations, bringing about the triggering of reactions, as abnormalities in the APH axis alterations in the monoamines; increased inflammation; as well as diminished neurogenesis and neuroplasticity, that bring about the development of psychological disorders. Conclusion: It was concluded that stressful situations faced by these professionals who work in coping with Convid-19; cause the result of neurobiological alterations, as well as the appearance of more propitious psychopathological conditions.
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