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qualifications: PhD

position: Professor

department: Facultad de Ciencias para la Salud

Child and adolescent psychiatrist; professor at the University of Manizales; PhD in Social Sciences, Childhood and Youth. He has been a consultant for the Colombian Ministry of Health and PAHO/WHO. Researcher in social health, intercultural and rural mental health, and health services.

Articles contributed to by this person

Original Research 16 October 2025

‘We feel better here now’: traditional practices, sanitation, and dialog with the biomedical system to restore spiritual harmony in an Indigenous community in Colombia

Original Research 24 August 2023

PACES: a primary care tool to detect mental health disorders in Indigenous Colombians

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