Community mental health caregiver collectives: a psychological support for people bereaved by the Covid-19 pandemic

Abstract

This research was developed in the midst of a complex global health context, living theonslaught of the peaks of a pandemic by a new strain of the coronavirus family, known asCOVID-19 or Sars-CoV2, where physical and psychological health is at risk, accompany-ing people in their losses as a result of this situation, aspiring that the conjunctural atten-tion of the loss during the pandemic.The research was framed in the critical dialecticalparadigm, situating the learning and experiences in reality, building different points ofview and constructing a theoretical knowledge located in the current context, with abroader vision and overcoming the academicism of only explaining simple theories. Asystematization of experiences was carried out, which made it possible to revive, analyze,reflect and transform this knowledge into something useful, using techniques such as bib-liographic review, content analysis, case studies and interviews to construct the categories to be studied.The general objective was to propose a free psychological support service for people in bereavement generated by the COVID-19 pandemic. From this experience,emerged the proposal of the Mental Health Community Caregivers Collectives as a tool toprovidecare andprimarysupportinthe communities.