La inclusión del sufrimiento psíquico: un desafio para la epidemiologia

The article examines in what extend the criteria and the categories used for diagnosis and the classification of mental health problems, are actually theoretical and methodological obstacles for the development of Epidemiology in mental health. The results lead to two main issues: (1) A theoretical consideration pointing to re-define the object of study traditionally built by the discipline itself, analyzing the classificatory schemes for psychics problems. (2) A work in the field analyzing the theoretical and operative schemes in which the professionals in mental health intervene. It tries to...