Estudio sobre bienestar psicológico y salud mental del estudiantado de la Universidad de Extremadura
- Víctor María López Ramos coord.
- Rocío Yuste Tosina coord.
- Teresa Alzás García
- Benito León del Barco
- Santiago Mendo Lázaro
- Eva María Pérez López
- María Isabel Polo del Río
- Eva Solanas Garzo
- Celestino Nieto Román
Publisher: Servicio de Publicaciones ; Universidad de Extremadura
ISBN: 978-84-9127-183-3
Year of publication: 2023
Type: Book
Abstract
There have probably been few times in history when it has been so necessary to analyse and raise social awareness of all aspects of what we call "mental health" as we are experiencing today, and it is even more urgent to deal with this issue in relation to young people, in an age range that goes from the end of adolescence to the end of their twenties, and even, in many cases, beyond their thirties - although we are not talking about youth as such - given the socio-economic situations that have extended this age range beyond what is established from a scientific point of view. The study of the development that turns a human being into a person is the product of the concurrence of diverse knowledge that must begin with the contributions of biology and the health sciences, but which must be nourished, at the same level, by the behavioural sciences, education or sociology, among others. At present, it cannot be overlooked that any analysis of mental health or the psychological wellbeing of people that may be considered after 2020 must take into account the effects generated by the social and health crisis caused by the AIDS-19 pandemic, whose consequences and after-effects have been felt in practically the entire population, but especially in the mental health of the adolescent and young population. Beyond being the object of research, this work is dedicated to the young - and not so young - people who make the existence of our academic institution possible, because their participation in the study has not meant a mere collection of data, but the realisation that we work with people who are in a situation of vulnerability and that many of them are currently experiencing, to a greater or lesser extent, psychological suffering that we are obliged to address.