Resumo: INTRODUCTION: The Post-bereavement depression represents psychic suffering that entails several relevant factors, which can go through life and negatively affect the life of the affected person, thus reflecting on a public health problem that needs attention. The present study aims to discuss the importance of humanized care by nursing professionals in patients diagnosed with post-bereavement depression. REVIEW: Post-bereavement depression is a psychological condition that can occur after the loss of a loved one. It is common to feel sadness, pain and longing after a loss, but when these feelings persist for a long period and begin to affect the person's quality of life, it can be a sign of post-bereavement depression, in this sense, humanized care can be an effective way to help people who are going through this difficult period. DISCUSSION: Humanized care means treating the person with empathy, respect and compassion, recognizing their pain and offering emotional support. Among the forms of humanized care that can help people with post-bereavement depression include Listening and validating the person's feelings and allowing the person to talk about their feelings and concerns, without judgment or criticism, as well as offering emotional support, showing empathy and compassion, respecting time and the grieving process, allowing the person to go through the grieving process in their own time and respecting their way of dealing with the loss. FINAL REMARKS: Post bereavement depression can be a difficult condition to deal with, but humanized care can support and help people to go through this difficult and complicated time, each subject is unique and understands grief according to their subjectivity, as well as each culture has its perception of death and mourning in a unique way from the others. Keywords: Depression, Grief, Humanized service, Nursing. Expandir Resumo Acessar Texto Completo

Resumo: Introduction: The respiratory syndrome caused by the new Coronavirus caused several changes in the life of the world population, there was a need to adapt and change what was until then understood as “normal”. The lack of mental well-being triggered several negative effects on the daily life of the population, such as disorders, sleep disorders and psychological distress. It is necessary to address the medicalization of the population, one of the main mechanisms used to overcome psychological repercussions in a pandemic scenario such as that of covid-19. Thus, the aim of this study is to identify whether the pandemic of the new Coronavirus enabled a greater use of psychotropic during the period of isolation. Review: A search was conducted in the databases of the Virtual Health Library (VHL), Medline, LILACS, Scientific Eletronic Library Online (Scielo) and the Library of the Albert Einstein Institute, using keywords according to the purpose of the article. Discussion: Authors point out a greater correlation between the pandemic and the development of disorders such as anxiety and depression among young people and young adults, in addition to this, the increase in the sale of drugs such as antidepressants, anxiolytics and substances such as alcohol and illicit drugs stood out. Final considerations: The present study points to an increase in the use of psychotropic drugs among young people and adults, defining a correlation between the increase in disorders such as depression and anxiety and the use of substances as a way to minimize impacts caused by the pandemic. However, the need for more studies like this is reinforced, being crucial for the identification and verification of the consumption of drugs and other substances in this period among young people, and becoming another management tool against the repercussions caused by the coronavirus. Keywords: young adult, anxiety, COVID-19, depression, mental health. Expandir Resumo Acessar Texto Completo