Las políticas públicas de salud mental en México: una revisión crítica de la literatura (1910- 2024)

Eréndira Marín Mendoza; Rosario Valdez Santiago; María Elena Medina Mora; Maricela Piña Pozas

doi:10.19136/hs.a26n1.6233

Authors

Eréndira Marín Mendoza Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos
Rosario Valdez Santiago profesora investigadora , National Institute of Public Health of Mexico
María Elena Medina Mora National Autonomous University of Mexico
Maricela Piña Pozas National Institute of Public Health of Mexico

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19136/hs.a26n1.6233

Abstract

Objective: To describe the evolution of the main mental health policies and analise their agreement with international standards according to scientific production in published articles and official documents in Mexico.

Materials and methods: A scoping review was conducted, searching in PubMEd, Virtual Health Library, Medigraphic and UNAM Repository, using the keywords: políticas públicas, salud mental and Mexico. Documents in English and Spanish that focused on the Mexican context were considered, and whose content addressed information on the design, implementation and/or evaluation of public policies at the national level from the Porfiriato to the present. Grey literature was included.

Results: The documents were grouped into four identified blocks of national mental health policy to be analised: a) Welfare psychiatric care; b) Social reintegration and the antipsychiatric movement; c) Neoliberal period; d) Health system reform in Mexico (2018-2024).

Conclusion. Mental health care has been focused on the specialized field, assuming the disease as its main field of action, responding to the demand of those who fall ill. Psychiatric care has prevailed as the guiding axis of public policy.

Keywords: Mental Health Services; Public policies; Mexico.

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Author Biographies

Eréndira Marín Mendoza, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos

PhD in Public Health. Lecturer at the Faculty of Psychology, School of Higher Education, Yautepec, Autonomous University of the State of Morelos. Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico.
Rosario Valdez Santiago, profesora investigadora, National Institute of Public Health of Mexico

PhD in Public Health. Lecturer and researcher at the Centre for Research into Health Systems, National Institute of Public Health. Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico.
María Elena Medina Mora, National Autonomous University of Mexico

PhD in Psychology. Faculty of Psychology, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico.
Maricela Piña Pozas, National Institute of Public Health of Mexico

PhD in Library and Information Science, Centre for Information on Public Health Decision-Making, National Institute of Public Health. Mexico City, Mexico.