Representaciones sociales sobre salud mental en los sectores de la salud, político y población en general en el departamento Norte de Santander.

Abstract

The objective of this research work is to analyze the social representations about mental health in the health, political and population sectors in general in the Norte de Santander department, through qualitative collection techniques, for the municipal strengthening of protective environments in mental health, through a case study seeking to implement new strategies to improve the mental health of the different political sectors and the general population, for this a documentary review was carried out on different theorists who addressed the aspect of social representations on mental health, showing the existence of the problem and relating it to the political sector and the population in general, the sample of this research specifically composed of 6 individuals, who voluntarily agreed to participate in the interview directed towards: two health professionals, two politicians and three people of the general population of the dep artamento Norte de Santander, who frankly expressed their perception on the subject in question, the methodology used was qualitative in which techniques such as semi-structured interview and content analysis were applied, the results obtained in this research were found in the analysis of the Interviews carried out with the population, regarding this, it was possible to corroborate that social representations are those that guide behavior, value and importance, that mental health is provided at the individual and social level, likewise these representations lead to constitute the cultural stigma in individuals who present little information about scientific or academic concepts and aspects related to mental health.