Contributions of Positive Psychology to mental health against the pandemic by COVID-19
Abstract
During the worldwide health emergency situation caused by the rapid expansion of COVID-19, some strategies have been implemented seeking to reduce the spread of the virus to more lethal levels, including quarantine, isolation, distancing. social and confinement; Different strategies that have as a meeting point the restriction of human movements. So, we have that human behavior is an important variable to understand this phenomenon comprehensively. The main objective is to reflect on the contributions of positive psychology to mental health in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic in the framework of health promotion and prevention of symptoms of discomfort, behavior and psychosocial risk factors. For this, a conceptual description of positive psychology is made, it is related how the general population is living this process from the scientific evidence. By way of closing, general contributions for mental health guidance are generated with these lines described, it should be considered as brushstrokes to action in promotion, prevention, counseling and therapy but not as a drawer intervention manual.
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