Latin American and Spanish-speaking perspectives on the challenges of global psychiatry
Braz. J. Psychiatry (São Paulo, 1999, Impr.)
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42(1): 77-86, Jan.-Feb. 2020. graf
Article
in English
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ABSTRACT
The multi-faceted phenomenon known as globalization has a particular impact on the conceptual and practical development of mental health disciplines in general, and psychiatry in particular, across different world regions. To be theoretically and functionally effective, global psychiatry requires an integration of its different components. To such objective, and after a brief review of continental European and Anglo-Saxon contributions, this article examines the history, characteristics, and contributions of Latin/Iberian American and Spanish-speaking psychiatry, in order to substantiate its role in world psychiatry. The Latin American proper (including Portuguese-speaking Brazil), Spain, and U.S.-based Hispanic components are described, revealing an identity that is based on a humanistic tradition, a value-based, culturally-determined clinical approach to patient care, and a pragmatic adaptation of different treatment resources and techniques. These may constitute supportive elements of an instrumental inter-regional bond in the present and future of our discipline.
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Main subject:
Psychiatry
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Mental Health
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Internationality
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
English
Journal:
Braz. J. Psychiatry (São Paulo, 1999, Impr.)
Journal subject:
Psychiatry
Year:
2020
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
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Chile
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Spain
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United States
Institution/Affiliation country:
Colegio Libre de Eméritos de España/ES
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Mayo Clinic College of Medicine/US
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Universidad Autónoma de Madrid/ES
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Universidad de Chile/CL
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Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)/BR
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