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2024-09-19

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Hernández Merchán, M. A., & Bustos-Marín, T. (2024). Mental health in Colombia: the promise of a preventive approach. Biociencias, 7(1), 33-42. https://doi.org/10.22490/26194759.8571
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Mental health in Colombia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.22490/26194759.8571
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Mayra Alejandra Hernández Merchán Universitaria Politécnico GranColombiano.
Tatiana Bustos-Marín Universidad Santo Tomás

This article collects the figures from the reports updated to date on the prevalence of mental health disorders and suicidal behavior and intention, opening the dialogue to the need not only for intervention, considering current needs and the particularity of the social dynamics, but an approach in which training from the promotion of mental health and the prevention of mental illnesses is
essential.