Emergenza Covid-19: analisi della situazione e interventi. L’esperienza di Psicologi per i Popoli – Federazione

Emergenza Covid-19: analisi della situazione e interventi. L’esperienza di Psicologi per i Popoli – Federazione

Donatella Galliano, Hanna Farah e Riccardo Arduini

The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on psychological health is still far from being defined and understood in its entirety. However, it is important, right from the be-ginning, to look at what were the aspects that most affected the population and make a hypothesis on the consequences that they may have in the long run. Start-ing from a brief historical account of the intervention carried out in Italy during the first epidemic wave, the authors aim at highlighting the major difficulties reported by the population and collected in the field by the Federation’s operators through the telephone service operated on behalf of the Ministry of Health. The interven-tion model used will then be illustrated, and an examination of the epidemiological data and an analysis of the stressors that have had the greatest impact on the psychological health of citizens will be provided. In the end, starting from the ele-ments provided, a reflection will be proposed on the peculiar aspects of this situa-tion and on the effectiveness of the intervention strategies implemented, illustrat-ing their possible strengths and weaknesses in view of a future intervention

2020

covid-19, psychological first aid, stressor

Epidemiology and Health

Korean Society of Epidemiology

Therapeutics. Psychotherapy