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authors: Marcelo, Simões Mendes
title: Global Mental Health and Novel Coronavirus: the risk of the ‘same’ risks
date: 2020-08-27
journal: Asian J Psychiatr
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2020.102375
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doc_id: 1040803
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Globalization (Santos and Rodrigues-Garavito, 2005 ) is a complex phenomenon that has influenced many instances of societies around the world, including health (Huynen et al., 2005; Lee, 2003) . In the mental health domain (Fernando, 2014) , the efforts to qualify the discussions and field's claims and interventions have evolved from critical engagement (Bemme and Kirmayer, 2020) . This critical engagement is necessary, especially in moments that the world is living with the pandemic scenario of the novel coronavirus . On the one hand, the context of coronavirus requires careful analysis not to enhance the high level of anxiety and worries or not to banalize the problematic situation. On the other hand, precisely because of this complex scenario in global magnitude, many fronts in the mental health area tends to be obscured and distorted. In this way, Tandon (2020) 

This kind of perspective can be hazardous because it tends to considers both physical and mental dimensions on the same plan. When it happens, the strategies and tools for health promotion can weaken, and even the biopsychosocial model annulled in many proportions.

Finally, the coronavirus pandemic's sensitive scenario can be a valuable opportunity to reflect and advance in many aspects of personal and social life. However, caution is necessary so that the same risks not potentialized by old practices.

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