The impact of COVID-19 in the field of mental health in Latin America and Spain: a systematic review.

This work proposes to carry out a systematic review on the impact on mental health in Latin American countries and Spain from the pandemic caused by COVID-19, to describe the theoretical and methodological approaches. The systematic review, according to the PRISMA Declaration, is carried out in August 2020 and twenty-five scientific articles are selected from 6 databases that refer to publications in Spanish between 2020-2021, where it is concluded in the different areas in which The pandemic and quarantine had an impact on issues related to psychosocial vulnerability, anxiety disorders, stress, depression, suicide, and problematic substance use, as well as the consequences for mental health professionals.