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    Impacto del COVID-19 en la salud mental de los pacientes hospitalizados
    (2020) Paredes Perez, Patricia Margarita; Dawaher Dawaher, Jesus Elias; Cherrez Paredes, Maria Fernanda
    Introduction: the COVID-19 pandemic means a great impact on the mental health of hospitalized patients, either due to isolation, uncertainty, their own health, generating various emergencies and psychiatric urgencies that must be addressed. Objective: to define the intervention strategy of the health personnel to provide a timely, efficient and effective medical response that minimizes the impact that COVID-19 produces on the mental health of hospitalized patients. Method: a literature review was carried out on the treatment of psychiatric emergencies in patients hospitalized for COVID-19, the search included databases such as PubMed, Medscape and Google Scholar. The search terms included SARS-CoV-2, MERSCoV, and COVID-19 in combination with mental health, treatment, and pharmacology.Results: articles on psychiatric disorders of the COVID-19 pandemic in hospitalized patients and the protocols to be implemented in psychiatric emergencies were reviewed. Conclusions: the COVID-19 pandemic has generated alterations in the mental health of the population such as anxiety and depression, mainly in hospitalized patients, requiring emerging protocols in those with previous psychiatric pathology