Martínez Claudio, Costa Angelo Brandelli, Tomicic Alemka
Diego Portales University, Santiago, Chile.
Millennial Institute for Research in Depression and Personality (MIDAP), Santiago, Chile.
Trends Psychol. 2022 Jul 7:1-13. doi: 10.1007/s43076-022-00204-4.
The main goal of this article is to describe the formation and development of a Latin-American network for research in psychotherapy and mental health in sexual and gender diversity. Research has shown that psychological well-being and mental health problems of sexual minority individuals are strongly influenced by the particular social and cultural contexts in which people develop and live. Therefore, the development of effective psychological and mental health interventions that meet the specific needs of people of sexual and gender diversity is necessary to deepen the knowledge of the psychosocial and specific contextual-related aspects of mental health of these populations. The Latin-American network for research in psychotherapy and mental health in sexual and gender diversity seeks to reinforce the contextualized study of these topics. This is an ongoing project that has generated collaborative work among researchers from centers in Chile, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Argentina. The diverse modalities of collaboration that have been developed so far between the centers are described, as well as the specific products that have emerged from these efforts. Finally, there is a discussion of the value of regional collaborative work in the global south that, while emphasizing differences, allows the comparison of different contexts, their histories, and influences on the object of study, as well as the shared cultural similarities derived from a common geographic space and history.
本文的主要目标是描述一个拉丁美洲性与性别多元群体心理治疗与心理健康研究网络的形成与发展。研究表明，性少数群体个体的心理健康和心理问题受到人们成长和生活的特定社会文化背景的强烈影响。因此，开发满足性与性别多元群体特定需求的有效心理和心理健康干预措施，对于深化对这些人群心理健康的社会心理及特定背景相关方面的认识是必要的。拉丁美洲性与性别多元群体心理治疗与心理健康研究网络旨在加强对这些主题的情境化研究。这是一个正在进行的项目，已经促成了来自智利、巴西、哥伦比亚、厄瓜多尔和阿根廷各中心的研究人员之间的合作。文中描述了各中心目前已开展的多种合作方式，以及这些努力所产生的具体成果。最后，讨论了全球南方区域合作工作的价值，这种合作在强调差异的同时，允许对不同背景、其历史以及对研究对象的影响进行比较，还能探讨源自共同地理空间和历史的文化相似性。
