Impacto da pandemia na saúde mental dos estudantes: uma revisão da literatura

Abstract

This literature review seeks to identify the impact of the pandemic on the academic performance of undergraduate students in Brazil. Along with the pandemic, social isolation strategies were adopted, which had a considerable impact on people's lives, their professional and personal routines and generated a strong economic recession around the world. The methodology used was the bibliographic review, which seeks to analyze the most recent studies that deal with the impacts and challenges of the pandemic in the academic routine. We sought to follow a sequence of interconnected subjects that had already been the object of study of old works, such as the concept of mental health, strategies for promoting mental health, the challenges faced for the promotion of mental health, student dropout, the new challenges and impacts caused on academic performance due to the pandemic and the importance of using technological tools in the remote teaching process. In this way, the object of study is relevant, because until the present date of completion of this research, the pandemic still persists on the world stage, as well as its negative effects on all social and economic aspects. The results obtained with the implementation of remote teaching, even with all the difficulties experienced by institutions, students, teachers and others involved, made it possible to continue classes and reduce the damage caused to academic performance, as well as allowing students to return to having contact with classmates and teachers, minimizing emotional impacts.