Percepción de la salud y la enfermedad y diálogo intercultural para una mejor atención de las enfermedades mentales en Xocén, Yucatán

Abstract

This article aims to show some fundamental concepts of disease, health and preventive and curative therapies in the Yucatecan Mayan cosmology, in particular regarding mental illnesses, which were investigated through the perspective of anthropology and psychology, and under the approach of phenomenology, in Xocén, Yucatán. The objective is to make visible the potential of intercultural, decolonial, enriching and complementary dialogue, which brings together diverse and even contrasting visions, between health service personnel and local patients and therapists. We intend to contribute with this to the search for|better health care for the Mayan Yucatecan people, which allows facing the great challenges in the community, in a more just, equitable and collaborative way, which can be extended to the Mayan and indigenous communities, in general, as part of a Latin American country that aspires to solutions that are more appropriate to its multicultural characteristics.