Análisis de la demanda de la población para atención psicológica por depresión y ansiedad durante la pandemia de COVID-19 en el año 2020 en Ecuador en los establecimientos del Ministerio de Salud Pública

Abstract

The research work presented below aims to analyze the impact of covid-19 on the mental health of people living in Ecuador, in particular on the incidence of the demand for psychological consultations for reasons of depression and anxiety in 2020. From the systematization of the information (psychological consultations for anxiety and depression in the years 2018, 2019 and 2020) provided by the Ministry of Public Health (MSP) and surveys filled out by 125 Mental Health professionals working in the MSP at the national level, it was possible to verify in most of the research instruments used that, the coronavirus has affected the problems of depression and anxiety.

These affectations are manifested in the increase of psychological benefits for reasons of depression and anxiety in 2020 compared to 2018 and 2019; in the existence of the incidence presented by covid-19 in the aforementioned psychological consultations; and in that in 2020, the most common reasons for consultations addressed were depression and anxiety unlike in 2018 and 2019.

With this data found and results analyzed, Ecuador subscribes to the countries affected by the covid-19 in the problems that allude to depression and anxiety of the human beings that have been attended by the public psychological services of the MSP.