@article{Oliveira_Moreira_Feitosa_Lima_Dionízio_Rolim Neto_2021, title={The spread of covid-19 and psychiatric impact on indigenous peoples}, volume={1}, url={https://jornalavancosmedicina.com/index.php/am/article/view/43}, DOI={10.52329/AvanMed.37}, abstractNote={<p><strong>Background</strong>: Information on strategies adopted by Indigenous peoples against COVID-19 is scarce, and history shows that Indigenous peoples in the Amazon region may be particularly affected by the  pandemic.</p> <p><strong>Method</strong>: The studies were identified in well-known international journals found in two electronic databases: Scopus and Embase. The data were cross-checked with information from the main international newspapers.</p> <p><strong>Results</strong>: Mental disorders in the affective spectrum (unipolar major depression, dysthymia, bipolarity) and anxiety disorders (generalized anxiety disorder, panic attacks, social phobia) also mark the reality of Indigenous psychiatric vulnerability.</p> <p><strong>Conclusions</strong>: To mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on Indigenous communities in Brazil, a health service for Indigenous groups, a crisis office, and a monitoring panel were created. In the state of Amazonas, home to more Indigenous people than any other Brazilian state, 95% of the intensive care beds are occupied.  Thus, mental health disparities between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples may be related to the underlying economic, social, and political inequities that are legacies of colonization and oppression of Indigenous cultures; the disproportionate rates of mental disorders must be understood in context, not as intrinsic predisposition of Indigenous peoples, but as reflecting persistent inequalities.</p>}, number={3}, journal={Avanços em Medicina}, author={Oliveira, Tainã Brito Siebra de and Moreira, Jorge Lucas de Sousa and Feitosa, Pedro Walisson Gomes and Lima, Danielly Gonçalves Sombra and Dionízio, Bárbara Silveira and Rolim Neto, Modesto Leite}, year={2021}, month={nov.}, pages={134–137} }