Atención psicosocial y la pandemia de COVID-19: reflexiones sobre la atención a niños y adolescentes que viven en contextos socialmente vulnerables

Abstract

Taking into account the mental health of children and adolescents living in conditions of social vulnerability and the current context of the pandemic of COVID-19, this reflective essay seeks to reflect the possibilities of care for this population, based on the reference of psychosocial care and work collaborative. As reflections raised, part of the actions developed with families assisted by social assistance services and programs of the Brazilian Unified Social Assistance System and with children and adolescents linked to an institution / service that integrates high quality social protection (The children's and youth shelter). The complexity and plurality of factors involved in mental health and the psychological suffering of children and adolescents are discussed, especially those that have their access and guarantee of weakened or violated rights. Demanding intersectoral actions to support psychosocial treatment. Thus, the challenges and possibilities suggest the importance of involving different actors with care in childhood and adolescence, creating actions in a shared way that actually reach, consider and proclaim as voices and expressions of a population that has little chance to exercise their own citizenship.

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