Consecuencias del desempleo durante la crisis de COVID-19: salud mental de las familias afectadas.

Abstract

At the end of 2019, a new virus emerges that puts the whole world in health emergency, COVID-19 becomes a transmitting infection that arises in China, Wuhan Province, quickly spreads around the world, generating in a short time millions of infected and thousands of deaths globally, countries choose to dictate confinement and social isolation, industries, businesses, enterprises and companies suddenly close according to the laws and orders of the State, causing the unemployment rate to increase drastically affecting the economy of the family nucleus. Unemployment quickly affects the stability of the family dynamics, causing consequences in each of the family members, symptoms of depression, anxiety, feelings of guilt, inferiority and frustration are evidenced. Similarly, according to some research, it is noted that this crisis that has arisen as a result of the pandemic has also generated positive aspects, since new ideas and skills have been developed and evolved to generate new income for the family and cover their basic needs. Psychology, on the other hand, has become one of the main protagonists to take care of mental health in times of pandemic, along with its evolution in the promotion and prevention of the development of mental disorders through telepsychology and the use of online platforms have allowed reaching more users and patients as such, working with unemployed people through group therapy and social support groups.