Impacts caused by the new coronavirus pandemic on the mental health of pregnant and puerperal women: an Integrative review

In December 2019, a new coronavirus known as SARS CoV-2 emerged and caused the covid-19 pandemic, generating a high number of deaths and unprecedented consequences, including worsening stress levels, sleep disturbances and depressionin the population.This is an integrative literature review, in order to assess the impacts caused by the new coronavirus pandemic on the mental health of pregnant and postpartum women,with construction based on six steps. Searches were carried out in the BDENF, LILACS, IBECS, MEDLINE and CINAHL databases, using the Health Sciences Descriptors (DeCS) ''Pregnant women'', 'Mental disorders' and ''Covid-19'' combined with the Boolean operator AND, between January and November 2021.In the case of pregnant and postpartum women, who are often emotionally fragile due to their condition, having to live with the enigmas that guide contamination, in addition to preventive measures through vaccines and discordant speeches,fake newsregarding the use of the vaccine in pregnant women, they can further aggravate the picture of this population niche. It is clear that this issue still needs a more concise and detailed investigation by researchers and scholars on the subject, given that the mechanisms by which mental health is affected in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic are complex, with this approach as a suggestion for further research in the future.