A Liga Interdisciplinar em Saúde Mental e suas contribuições em tempos de COVID-19

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared in January 2020 that the outbreak caused by Coronavirus infections constituted as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, the highest warning level of the Organization, as predicted in the International Sanitary Regulation. The mental health of a population, during a great magnitude pandemic such as this, implies in a psychosocial disorder which can exceed the confrontation capacity of the affected population. This article aims to report the experience of the Mental Health Interdisciplinary League (MHIL) from Vale do Acarau State University, during the new coronavirus pandemic. By promoting extension actions during the pandemic and by committing itself to sustain its social value, the university shows itself to be attentive to this delicate world-historical moment. This report is constituted in three sections: creation, function, and perspectives; the league’s contribution during the pandemic; and researching is necessary. Developing extension activities during the pandemic created opportunities for the members of a fertile learning space in areas of teaching, researching, and extension. This contributed to the qualification of professionals with a sense of social responsibility and citizenship commitment.