Salud mental comunitaria, atención primaria de salud y universidades promotoras de salud en Ecuador

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ID14965007
AuthorsVictoriano Camas Baena (0000-0001-7110-0429, Universidad Laica Eloy Alfaro de Manabí, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume42
Pagese162-e162
Publication date2018-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRevista Panamericana de Salud Pública (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1020-4989 • E-ISSN: 1680-5348
PublisherPan American Health Organization (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.26633/rpsp.2018.162
PMID31093190
OpenAlexW2893513491
LanguageES
Citations received5
References cited4

The objective of this paper is to describe the current situation of mental health in Ecuador. In Ecuador, although the model of community mental health has been integrated into primary health care services for a decade, its implementation does not seem to have the expected results. It is pertinent to explore the causes of this situation and to propose alternatives, taking into account the contributions of social medicine, collective health and participatory action research as emblematic models in Latin America in the field of mental health. For an effective implementation of community mental health in primary care in Ecuador, the role of universities is central, specifically in projects linked to the community and in pre-professional practices in health sciences careers. These projects allow the promotion of community mental health in the first level of health care from a critical perspective, open to complexity and based on the principle that the community is the main active subject of social transformation

Citizen journalism · Humanities · Latin Americans · Mental health · Political science · Politics · Promotion (chess · Psychiatry · Sociology · Community Health and Development · Health, psychology, and well-being · Medicine · Nursing · Public Health and Social Inequalities · Gerontology

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