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Salud colectiva

Print version ISSN 1669-2381On-line version ISSN 1851-8265

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ARDILA-GOMEZ, Sara et al. The challenge of inclusion in mental health: an analysis of a community center and its work with social bonds. Salud colect. [online]. 2016, vol.12, n.2, pp.265-278. ISSN 1669-2381.  http://dx.doi.org/10.18294/sc.2016.1000.

Social inclusion is a key component of transformations in mental health care, because it takes into account the benefits of community life for both those with mental illness and the other members of the community. In order to understand the scope of inclusion within mental health, 45 participants of a community center linked to a psychiatric hospital discharge program which explicitly seeks to provide social inclusion were interviewed. The possible changes in social relationships between users and other community members based in their sustained daily interactions in the community center were explored. Results suggest that the building of social bonds, as part of informal support networks, is one of the benefits of attending the community center. Positive changes in ideas regarding people with "mental illness" were also observed, although these ideas seemed to be more connected to the notion of integration than to social inclusion.

Keywords : Community Integration; Mental Health; Health Promotion; Argentina.

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