Psychological Volunteer Support of the Population During the Covid-19 Pandemic

Abstract

The aim of the research was to study the specifics of volunteer psychological assistance to the population in 2020-2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods. Рeer review, volunteer surveys, mass Google surveys of participants.

Results. In the course of the pilot study, some specifications for the provision of psychological assistance to the population were identified, accounting will improve the content and methods of volunteer psychological support for the population in extreme and emergency situations.

Conclusions. Psychological support of the population with the involvement of professional psychologists as volunteers in the context of the pandemic of a new coronavirus infection COVID-19 has become an effective means for online assistance. A new format for the provision of group psychological assistance was live broadcasts on social networks, which contributed to the actualization of the request for psychological assistance, the diagnosis of problems, psychological education on the prevention of family conflicts in conditions of self-isolation, the receipt of psychological consultations on the provision of parental support to children transferred to distance education, psychological education on a wide range of problems.