Social determinants and mental health problems. Theoretical and technical implications
Journal: Advances in Medicine and Engineering Interdisciplinary Research DOI: 10.32629/ameir.v3i4.4856
Abstract
The relationship between different types of social factors and different mental health problems, as shown by a considerable number of sociological and epidemiological studies, has important theoretical and technical implications. In the first case, because of its repercussions in the field of psychopathology; in the second, due to its effects on the fields of preventive intervention and health and social care. The article analyzes these different implications, from a narrative review of the available literature, trying to draw from them useful consequences for our professional approaches.
Keywords
social determinants; psychopathology; public health; mental disorders
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