Ressignificando a vida: o luto em crianças e adolescentes durante a pandemia por COVID-19

Abstract

This work sought to carry out a literature review about grief in children and adolescents after the pandemic, in order to develop a psychoeducational intervention, targeting parents, educators, parental figures, children and adolescents. First, a discussion was held about the legitimacy or not of the topic, reaching the conclusion of the importance of addressing such issues, to collaborate with the understanding of the post-pandemic world. Subsequently, a bibliography on the subject was collected, including books, scientific articles, videos, among others. After reading the material collected, it was identified the difficulty of adults in recognizing and dealing with grief in adolescents and children, and that the pandemic brought the discussion about grief to the fore, generating the need for biopsychosocial interventions, for which a psychoeducational video, illustrating in a fictitious way an adolescent and an adult in the process of mourning, emphasizing the importance of the reception by the adult in relation to the adolescent, this reception is essential for the quality of the mental health of both.