The The reinvention of psychological practices during the pandemic:

A literature review on the practice of hospital and clinical psychology in Brazil in times of SARS-CoV-2

Abstract

The pandemic of the new coronavirus imposed a new reality to the world, with rigid restrictive sanitary measures, including social isolation. The consequences of this event went beyond the physical aspects, affecting the mental health of the population and forcing psychology to find alternatives of care in face of the problems that followed. This study aims to identify the alternatives of psychology in Brazil, within its clinical and hospital practice in the midst of the pandemic, seeking to understand the main difficulties faced by psychology professionals in the face of growing demand, to present its performance in the front line with patients, family members and health professionals, and to discuss how technology helped psychology in this process, with the expansion of online care modality. We opted for a systematic literature review, with the perspective of listing recent developments to COVID-19, with a focus on clinical and hospital psychology, considering the performance with patients, health professionals and family members. Several were the difficulties encountered, however, with interventions in clinical practice, from remote assistance. In the hospital area, the main activities were: group intervention, remote psychological care, and telecare, directed to front-line health professionals, family members, and patients. Psychology presents great contributions to face the repercussions of the pandemic situation, however, there is a need for scientific production that presents the interventions carried out, but not published, in order to provide scientific advances in the Brazilian context of a psycho-emotional practice in the midst of the crisis.