La incidencia del capitalismo en la salud mental de los jóvenes Colombianos

Abstract

According to the WHO (world health organization), mental disorders are alterations of thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and relationships with other people that arise from a combination of social, biological, and psychological factors. Currently, the most common mental disorders are anxiety and depression that affect approximately 260 million people worldwide. Depression is characterized by deep sadness, low self-esteem, guilt, and sleep disorders that, if not treated correctly, can lead to suicide, on the other hand, anxiety disorder produces extreme fear and worry that affects the daily lives of people who suffer it. By 2015, according to the latest mental health survey in Colombia, about 4.7% of the population suffers from depression; young people being the most affected population. Recently - and not only in Colombia but throughout the world - situations related to mental health such as suicides have increased alarmingly. Living in a capitalist society and according to the above, I consider that there is an important relationship between the social and economic structure of capitalism with mental disorders and with the increase in these cases, for this reason, this work seeks to answer the following question: How does the capitalist model influence the behavior of young Colombians and what consequences does it have for their mental health?