“No hay salud mental sin justicia social”: desigualdades, determinantes sociales y salud mental en Chile

Autores/as

  • Álvaro Jimenez-Molina Facultad de Psicología Universidad Diego Portales
  • Gabriel Abarca-Brown Plataforma para la Investigación Social sobre Salud Mental en América Latina (PLASMA)
  • Cristian Montenegro Escuela de Enfermería Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Resumen

Las desigualdades en las condiciones de vida impactan negativamente sobre la salud mental de las personas y comunidades. Este artículo tiene por objetivo describir algunas de las principales líneas de investigación y reflexión en torno a la relación entre desigualdad y salud mental. Más que una revisión sistemática, se trata de una discusión orientada a contribuir al debate público en torno a las dimensiones materiales, simbólicas y subjetivas de la desigualdad, mencionando algunos mecanismos que permiten comprender su relación con la salud mental. Entre estas dimensiones abordamos las desigualdades de ingreso y de género, además de otras que han recibido menor atención en los estudios nacionales e internacionales: las desigualdades en la participación, en la interacción cotidiana, y las desigualdades socio-territoriales y en el uso del tiempo. Finalmente, mencionamos algunas limitaciones teóricas de la investigación tradicional sobre desigualdad en salud y sugerimos potenciales líneas de investigación que pueden orientar los estudios en torno a desigualdades y salud mental

Palabras clave:

salud mental, desigualdad, determinantes sociales, Chile

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