PhD Fellow (Psychology), Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, INDIA.
Indian J Med Ethics. 2023 Oct-Dec;VIII(4):302-306. doi: 10.20529/IJME.2023.025. Epub 2023 Mar 18.
The present commentary reviews the goals and differing positions on the Movement for Global Mental Health (GMH), with a distinct emphasis on the cultural differences in the understanding of the aetiology of mental health issues. The proponents and advocates of GMH support its intentions and primary agenda of scaling up mental health services, especially in low-income and middle-income countries where the prevalence of mental health disorders is continually rising. However, many cultural psychologists and sociologists critique the movement for universalising psychiatric symptoms, as this universalisation could actually suppress local voices and might also undermine the significance of culture and political and psychosocial predictors which may contribute to mental health challenges. After discussing the pros and cons of the GMH movement, this commentary concludes with a conceptual analysis of the GMH position and offers predictions about its future discourse.
本评论回顾了全球心理健康运动（GMH）的目标和不同立场，特别强调了对心理健康问题病因学理解的文化差异。GMH 的支持者和拥护者支持其扩大精神卫生服务的意图和主要议程，特别是在精神卫生障碍患病率持续上升的低收入和中等收入国家。然而，许多文化心理学家和社会学家批评该运动将精神科症状普遍化，因为这种普遍化实际上可能会压制当地的声音，也可能破坏文化以及政治和社会心理预测因素的重要性，而这些因素可能对精神健康挑战产生影响。在讨论了 GMH 运动的利弊之后，本评论最后对 GMH 立场进行了概念分析，并对其未来的论述做出了预测。
