Abstract

MUNOZ, Luís Fernando; MUNOZ, Claudia Ximena  and  URIBE-RESTREPO, José Miguel. Psychosocial Rehabilitation in Colombia: The Utopia that Invites Us to Keep Walking. Av. Psicol. Latinoam. [online]. 2020, vol.38, n.3, pp.1-.  Epub Mar 14, 2021. ISSN 1794-4724.  https://doi.org/10.12804/revistas.urosario.edu.co/apl/a.8547.

The process of psychiatric reform in Colombia has not started. The lack of community care centers, the fragmentation of care, and the persistence of psychiatric hospitals away from the rest of the medicine healthcare continue to be the reality. There are many laws and resolutions in the field of mental health in the country; however, the problem lies in thier low implementation. Since 2013, Colombia has a mental health law that opens a light of hope to improve the care processes of patients. Likewise, in November 2018, the National Mental Health Policy was updated after 20 years of waiting. The overview of policies centered on the concept of mental health presents both an opportunity and new challenges for psychosocial rehabilitation. This review presents part of the history of psychosocial rehabilitation in Colombia and an analysis of the mental health legislation. Finally, it will show the proposals that arise from the authors' experience in the field of community mental health.

Keywords : Psychosocial rehabilitation; Colombia; mental health.

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