Resisting epistemic violence in global mental health: Listening to local understandings of mental health and emotional distress among victims and ex-guerrilla members in Southern Colombia

Resisting epistemic violence in global mental health: Listening to local understandings of mental health and emotional distress among victims and ex-guerrilla members in Southern Colombia

Background: While there is consensus that local knowledge is important to build better mental health responses, integration of this knowledge into mental health services remains a work in progress. In this paper, we explore local understandings of mental health, mental illness, well-being and emotio...

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Main Authors: María Cecilia Dedios Sanguineti, Laura Fonseca, Rochelle A. Burgess, Natalia Concha, Mónica González, Norha Vera San Juan, Mónica Carreño, Kely Johana Palacio, María Fernanda Sotto, Sandra Jovchelovitch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2025-06-01
Series:SSM - Mental Health
Subjects:
Mental health
Wellbeing
Participatory action research
Colombia
Conflict-affected actors
Social determinants
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666560324000902
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