Background: On March 5th, Guatemala declared a 'State of Calamity'in response to the
COVID-19 pandemic and strict lockdown measures were initiated. The psychological …

Se realiza una breve reseña de los procesos de cambio ocurridos en la atención de salud
mental en Latinoamérica y el Caribe en los últimos quince años, tomando como punto de …

This paper summarizes a series of events that were historical milestones in Latin America
and the Caribbean in the long road toward restructuring and setting up psychiatric and …

Los autores realizaron una evaluación de los sistemas de salud mental en El Salvador,
Guatemala y Nicaragua, por medio de un grupo de indicadores seleccionados. Para …

Background: Domestic violence, childhood physical and sexual abuse, and gang violence
are prevalent and growing problems for Guatemalan youth, particularly in low …

Background: Resources for mental healthcare are lacking in Guatemala, yet rates of mental
illness and suicide are quite high. Mental healthcare providers often lack the knowledge …

Background: Forcibly displaced children and adolescents may be exposed to continued
risks to their healthy development in their new low-and middle-income countries. However …

In this article, the authors discuss the transfer to Guatemala of an integral health education
program, originally developed for indigenous women in southern Mexico. The program was …

En América Latina y el Caribe los desastres naturales se vienen presentando cada vez con
mayor frecuencia y capacidad destructiva, lo que le confiere a ese problema una elevada …

También, es necesario enfatizar que debe existir un equilibrio adecuado. entre las
intervenciones de tipo individual y las de carácter grupal. Al igual que en otros tipos de …