Mental Health, Social Conflicts, and the Culture of Peace
Wilson López-López , Alfonso Urzúa, Carlos Gantiva, María-Juliana Reyes-Rivera, Laura Cano-Sierra
Mental Health, Social Conflicts, and Culture of Peace: Evidence, Dialogues, and Challenges
Issue 95 | 2026
Guest editors
Wilson López-López, Ph.D. (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia)
Alfonso Urzúa, Ph.D. (Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile)
Carlos Gantiva, Ph.D. (Universidad de los Andes, Colombia)
Table of Contents
Dossier
Comparative Analysis of Behavioral and Emotional Factors among Victim and Non-Victim Populations of the Colombian Armed Conflict
Alexandra Vallejo Mejía, Mónica Alexandra Reyes Cuartas, Sebastián Reyes Leal
Cultural Trauma and Memory among Afro-Colombian Communities Displaced from the Colombian Pacific
Lida Elena Tascón Bejarano, Mariana Reina Villamil
From Anxiety to Fundamentalism: Mental Health and Religiosity among Muslim Youth in Almería (Spain) and Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Alexandra Ainz-Galende
Seeking Order in Chaos: Anomie, Authoritarianism, and Mental Health in the Context of Social Crisis in Chile and Spain
Anna Włodarczyk, Lander Méndez, Saioa Telletxea, Marcela Ristow, Sara Hernández, Darío Páez
Inequality or Dignity? Domain-Specific System Justification and the Palliative Minimization of Perceived Discrimination Among Minoritized Groups in Chile
Joaquín Bahamondes
Emotional Regulation Strategies among Victims of Armed Conflict: A Participatory Intervention Based on Contextual Approaches
Nathalia Rey-Gómez, Paola Andrea Pulido-Escobar, Laura Sofía Santamaría-Uribe, María Idaly Barreto-Galeano
Deliberative Assemblies on Mental Health in Rural Communities Affected by Armed Conflict: An Assessment of Deliberative Quality in Montes de María, Colombia
Yessica P. Blanco Torres, Pablo Abitbol, Diana Carolina Rubio León, Dennys García-Padilla
Community-based Organizations and Their Role in Supporting Mental Health in Children and Youth in Colombia’s Pacific Region
Juan Pablo Aranguren Romero, Sergio Daniel Arrieta, Francy Carranza-Franco, Juan Roberto Rengifo, Karina Martínez, Mónica Pinilla-Roncancio, Sanne Weber, Germán Casas, Sarah-Jane Fenton, Paul Jackson
Community Agency and Psychosocial Recovery: A Resilience-Based Perspective on the Social Determinants of Mental Health in a Community Affected by the Colombian Armed Conflict
Diana Bedoya-Gallego, Daniel Gómez Gómez, Efrén de Jesús Castaño Gallego, Jenith Marcela Valencia Giraldo
Debate
U.S. Policy in Latin America and What It Means for Colombia
Cynthia Arnson