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The Covid-19 pandemic as a trigger for depression

Background: In the last years, a high number of people with depression have been found and it’s estimated that 5% of the world population lives with this disease. However, since the Covid-19 pandemic, there was a significant increase, which is justify by the fear of the virus, boredom of isolation and the uncertainty of the future due to the difficulties caused by the situation. In this scenario, understand this disease considered a public health problem is important, because health professionals may need to deal with a possible imminent new pandemic: the depression one. Objective: To understand the impact of depression during the Covid-19 pandemic. Methods: An integrative review was performed, through a virtual scenario, selecting articles from the last five years in the Pubmed, Scielo and Google Scholar platforms. Results: Depression brings desmotivation, lack of energy and loss of pleasure in routine activities, besides feeling deep sadness, low self-esteem and a recurrent feeling of guilt. It’s natural the population suffers from mood swings and that’s why it’s important to take care of mental health during the pandemic, like how to create a new routine and make it work, because the atypical situation has been the trigger for the first contact with psychiatric symptoms of many. Conclusion: Fear, financial crisis and the lack of routine are risk factors, which may reflect on the behavior of the population. Understanding the trigger and being able to live with it’s essential for the mental health.