Posturas sobre la salud mental desde la perspectiva de expertos de diferentes enfoques de la psicología

Abstract

The problems of mental health are considered as the second cause of illness in Colombia, being its capital one of the main cities of this phenomenon, in this research we tried to understand the way in which the main schools of psychology intervene in the current health needs The mental population of Bogota, initially identified their most pressing psychological needs and explored the approaches and practices of the main schools of psychology. A qualitative research was conducted, with a narrative design of topics, and the semi-structured in-depth interview technique of six psychologists, representatives of each approach, with postgraduate studies, and active in psychological care and therapy in Bogotá. The results were able to understand the existence of two opposing positions in their representatives, most have shown a sympathy for the biomedical model, which is part of traditional currents of psychology, associated with aspects of classical and capitalist medicine, creates a structure that examines, classifies and treats diseases; and as a second position, the six psychologists express that the exacerbation of the problems already known and the appearance of new diseases in mental health are given in response to the different contexts in which the individual interacts, as in the social, cultural, economic, Political and technological.