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[The Construction of a Mental Health Component for the National Survey: NMHS 2015, Colombia]
Cecilia de Santacruz1, Nubia Torres2, Carlos Gómez-Restrepo3
1Psicología Comunitaria, Facultad de Medicina, Departamento de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental e Instituto de Envejecimiento, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia.
Introduction:
Usually, mental health has been defined as the absence of mental disorders. In order to approach this concept in a plain sanitas way, it was considered necessary to crosslink a component for the National Mental Health Survey 2015 (NMHS; ENSM for its acronym in Spanish), that would respond to the specific orientation and particularities of the country.
Objective:
To describe the structure and contents of the mental health component of the NMHS 2015 for the Colombian population over 7 years of age.
Methods:
Review, documentary analysis and discussion regarding the concepts and tools with the team in charge of the NMHS and other groups.
Results:
353 documents were reviewed, and 180 were analyzed and discussed. The component model is presented, considering the ethic dimension of relationship care as a main element; it merges two inquiry dimensions or categories: subjective-relational, and social-collective.
Conclusions:
The structured mental health component provides information regarding the entire population. It also allows understanding and approaching the concept of mental health as a personal and collective "good life".
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