title: [Conceptualizing mental health into practice: considerations from the Latin American social medicine/collective health perspective].
abstract: The aim of this work is to discuss about the possibilities of a mental health definition from the perspective of the Latin American social medicine/collective health movement. Some relations between that movement and the mental health are pointed out. A historical analysis of that movement is presented. The conceptualizations of the health-sickness-care process are considered, emphasizing the complexity, rights perspective and the reference to life, in contrast with the objetivation/medicalization trend. Finally, these ideas are linked with the current debates on the Mental Health field.
authors.affiliation: Cátedra II Salud Pública/Salud Mental, Facultad de Psicología, UBA, Argentina. astolkiner@gmail.com
authors.forename: Alicia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stolkiner
authors.forename: Sara Ardila
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Gómez
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007843:Latin America; D008603:Mental Health; D011634:Public Health; D012936:Social Medicine