National Faculty of Public Health

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Research group

Spanish

Mental Health Research Group GISAME

Academic Unit: National Faculty of Public Health

Colombian Ministry of Science

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Call

833 GrupLAC

OECD

Area

Medical and health sciences

Subarea

Health sciences

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Strategic Focus

We are dedicated to training, researching, and intervening in the mental health area from a perspective of public health and social justice. Our aim is to contribute to the population’s well-being through social and institutional transformation and through the optimization of design, implementation, and assessment of projects, programs, plans, and public policies within a context of cohesion, diversity, and cooperation.

Research Lines and/or Areas

Gender, sexual health, and reproductive health.
Psychoactive substances.
Mental, community, and intercultural health.
Translational mental health.
Epidemiology of mental disorders and psychosocial intervention.

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Group Coordinator

Natalia Trujillo Orrego, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Training in Neurophysiology.

University of Edinburgh, Scotland.

Coordinator's Email

natalia.trujillo@udea.edu.co

Scientific Cooperation

Collaborative Relationships

International Association of Qualitative Inquiry.
National Association of Chronic Disease Directors (NACDD).
Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC).
National Center for Rural Health Professions (NCRHP).
Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (OAS/CICAD).
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).
Organization of American States (OAS).

University of Illinois, USA.
Beijing Capital Normal University, China.
Universitat Jaume I, Spain.
Ibero-American Network for Work-related Psychosocial Risks (RIPSOL).
Ibero-American Network of Health Promoting Universities (RIUPS).
Universidad Adolfo Ibañez, Chile.
Colombian Ministry of Science and others.

Highlighted Projects

“State of the art of mental health in indigenous people of Colombia. 2005-2014.” (implemented between 2015-2017).
Significance of the actors involved at the time of delivery on the established relationships during attention in some health services of the public network of Medellín in 2015.
Identification of biopsychosocial profiles in subjects chronically exposed to the Colombian conflict: Strategies towards individualizing social reintegration programs. From 2017 — Current.

Key Research Findings

Trastornos de ansiedad y su relación con las condiciones carcelarias en personas reclusas en Medellín, Colombia, año 2014. DOI: 10.17533/udea.rfnsp.e325651
Aproximación a la concepción de la salud mental para los pueblos indígenas de Colombia. DOI: 10.1590/1413-81232020253.17832018
Executive and behavioral characterization of chronic exposure to armed conflict among war victims and veterans. DOI: 10.1037/pac0000408

Services and/or Products Portfolio

Technical advice to governmental and non-governmental entities in topics related to mental health attention, design, implementation, and assessment of public policies and programs in mental health.
Technical concepts for mental health programs and policies.
Educational material: Radio programs, educational videos, handbooks, virtual courses.