Chaskel Roberto, Shultz James M, Gaviria Silvia L, Taborda Eliana, Vanegas Roland, García Natalia Muñoz, Flórez Luis Jorge Hernández, Espinel Zelde
Head, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá, Hospital Militar Central, Universidad El Bosque, Universidad de Los Andes, Bogota, Colombia, email
Director, Center for Disaster and Extreme Event Preparedness (DEEP Center), University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA.
BJPsych Int. 2015 Nov 1;12(4):92-94. doi: 10.1192/s2056474000000659. eCollection 2015 Nov.
Mental health law in Colombia has evolved over the past 50 years, in concert with worldwide recognition and prioritisation of mental healthcare. Laws and policies have become increasingly sophisticated to accommodate the ongoing transformations throughout Colombia's healthcare system and improvements in mental health screening, treatment and supportive care. Mental health law and policy development have been informed by epidemiological data on patterns of mental disorders in Colombia. Colombia is distinguished by the fact that its mental health laws and policies have been formulated during a 60-year period of continuous armed conflict. The mental health of Colombian citizens has been affected by population-wide exposure to violence and, accordingly, the mental health laws that have been enacted reflect this feature of the Colombian experience.
在过去50年里，哥伦比亚的精神卫生法随着全球对精神卫生保健的认可和重视而不断发展。法律和政策日益完善，以适应哥伦比亚整个医疗体系的持续变革以及精神卫生筛查、治疗和支持性护理方面的改善。哥伦比亚精神卫生法和政策的制定参考了该国精神障碍模式的流行病学数据。哥伦比亚的独特之处在于，其精神卫生法律和政策是在长达60年的持续武装冲突期间制定的。哥伦比亚公民的精神健康受到全民暴力暴露的影响，因此，所颁布的精神卫生法律反映了哥伦比亚这一经历的特点。
