The Medical Healing of Souls: a strategy for welcoming post-pandemic mental health - Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem

ABSTRACT

Objective:

to reflect on the applicability of the Medical Healing of Souls (MHS) by health professionals as a welcoming strategy in post-pandemic mental health.

Methods:

a theoretical and reflective study, based on Viktor Frankl’s philosophy, based on the book “The Doctor and the Soul, From Psychotherapy to Logotherapy” and scientific literature.

Results:

the study was structured in two discursive approaches: MHS in the field of health; The applicability of MHS in post-pandemic mental health care.

Final considerations:

MHS can be used in mental health care, in health emergencies, promoting a more humane performance of health professionals, facilitating the integration of inevitable suffering into a meaningful life.