@article{ref1,
title="Mental health, emotional suffering, mental problems and disorders in Indigenous Colombians. Data from the National Mental Health Survey 2015",
journal="Revista Colombiana de Psiquiatría",
year="2016",
author="Gómez-Restrepo, Carlos and Rincón, Carlos Javier and Urrego-Mendoza, Zulma",
volume="45",
number="Suppl 1",
pages="119-126",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Indigenous people represent 5% of the world population and one-third of the poor ones. Alcoholism rates, substance abuse problems, and mental disorders are shown to be higher than the general population. <br><br>METHODS: An analysis was made of the data from the National Mental Health Survey 2015. In this survey, it was asked if self-recognition as a native was according to the culture, the people, or physical features. <br><br>RESULTS: A total of 902 indigenous people were surveyed, corresponding to 8.3% of the surveyed adult population. The majority (39.5%) lived in the Pacific region, with 23.7% Atlantic region, and 20% in the Eastern region. More than one-quarter (26.6%) reported a status of poverty, 31.7% spoke the language of their people, and 17.8% reported displacement due to violence. Mental health was defined as, &quot;having good physical health, to eat, sleep and rest, by 42.9%. As regards problems and mental disorders, 8% reported excessive consumption and 7.9% a risk consumption of alcohol. As regards general psychopathology, measured by the (Self-reporting questionnaire) SRQ, 8.1% of the population had symptoms. The life prevalences of anxiety and depressive mental disorders were reported by 6.7% women and 8.4% men, and the associated risk factors that show higher risk were: aged between 18 to 44 years, not speaking the language of their people, living in Bogota, living in urban areas, and consuming psychoactive substances and tobacco. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: People who recognised themselves as indigenous have higher rates of displacement by violence, report problems and common mental disorders that are associated with factors consistent with loss of cultural characteristics.<br><br>Copyright © 2016. Publicado por Elsevier España.<p /> <p>Language: es</p>",
language="es",
issn="0034-7450",
doi="10.1016/j.rcp.2016.09.005",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rcp.2016.09.005"
}