Recently, movements and concepts such as recovery, according to the use of the term coined by the movement of activism in mental health, citizenship (as well as participation tools as therapeutic) or social prescription (among others), have expanded the range of therapeutic options of primary practice and mental health by strengthening the links between health, social services and community resources. In line with the disappointment of some western user organizations with the way in which the administration has absorbed their claims, transforming a bottom-up process into a top-down process, the role of the social commitment of psychology is to be discussed. play in this process. In contrast to empty and supposedly neutral conceptualizations, we promote the effective participation of professionals and users in the construction, from the bottom up, of a committed psychology capable of using community participation interventions to improve mental health.
Contextualizing mental health through citizenship and human rights
