Health professionals are the public who are dealing directly with COVID-19 and with high probability of infection, since they are on the front line. This exposure and the extensive work hours, physical, emotional and psychological overload experienced by these professionals, which has affected mental health and the occurrence of stress, anxiety, anguish, fear, discouragement and possible evolution to disorders such as depression and Burnout. Based on this, the objective of the present study is to investigate the impacts of COVID-19 on the mental health of health professionals. This research consisted of a literature review, for which the quality approach was used and was devel-oped from elaborate materials available in the full text. The data collection was carried out with arti-cles found in the BVS and ScIELO, from the year 2020. The results revealed that the professionals experienced high stress loads and work overload, which intensified during the pandemic period, in addition to the fear of infection and contamination of family members, friends and patients, which increased the stress factors in the daily work. Thus, it was necessary to use support resources for interventions with professionals, aiming to alleviate the suffering caused, the main resources used were online psychotherapy, online conversation wheels, empathic listening and integrative practic-es, in order to ensure the best performance of physical and mental well-being of professionals.
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