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This chapter presents an evaluation process in mental disorders and risk factors developed jointly by the Universidad Externado de Colombia UEC and Colombian Agency for Reincorporation and Normalization. It indicates violent behaviour and/or delinquent habits for the demobilized population in the current reintegration program in Colombia. The findings are based on multidimensional valuation of risk considering: (1) a clinical component which describes the incidence of different mental disorders and personality profiles; (2) inquiry of the vital trajectory of ex-combatants particular domains (normative rupture, cultural context, nets, bond affectation, political, productive, formative, health and, (3) quality of life, that looks into self-acceptance, environment adaptation, socio-affective stability, physical integrity and self-projection. The research results presented are related to the implementation of an evaluation instrument applied to a population of 26,000 former combatants of armed groups in Colombia.
Diego Aponte Mauricio, Principal Researcher, Psychiatrist, Philosopher, Magister in Political Studies. Professor and Director of the research group “Health, medical knowledge an Society” (Salud, conocimiento médico y sociedad) – Universidad Externado de Colombia; Email: diego.aponte@uexternado.edu.co.
José Gabriel Zapata, Co-researcher for data analysis, Psychologist, Research group “Health, medical knowledge an Society” – Universidad Externado de Colombia; Email: josez.zapata@uexternado.edu.co.
Diana Marcela Agudelo, Co-researcher for data analysis, Psychologist, Magister in Cultural Studies. Research group “Health, medical knowledge and Society” – Universidad Externado de Colombia; Email: diana.agudelo@uexternado.edu.co.
This paper presents some results of a long-lasting investigation arising from a cooperation agreement between the Agency for Reincorporation and Normalisation, and the University Externado de Colombia.
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ARN was formerly High Counseling for Reintegration and then Colombian Agency for Reintegration (ACR). It was created by the Colombian government in 2008 to advice the Presidency on the process of reintegrating the population that used to be part of illegal armed groups. The ARN has several teams of professionals who provide assistance to former combatants around the country and is financed by the National Government. It is considered as a milestone in the country’s history regarding the Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) process, as it allows long term structured accompaniment of the programme’s participants, distinguishing it from previous Columbian DDR processes. Currently, the ARN is also in charge of guiding the process with former combatants of the FARC guerrilla movement, as a result of the peace agreements, signed in 2016.
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Extracts from the original technical proposal prepared by the research team.
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The concept of democracy would be not only a healthy representative democracy, but it would be closer to the reflections of participatory and deliberative democracy but especially a democracy that links the radical and universal experience of citizenship with the fullness of rights enjoyment in line with social justice, diversity and equity.
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Scales of quality of life, personality and some clinical events have been drawn from Aponte, et al. Condiciones Teórico-Metodológicas para un Diagnóstico Territorial en Salud Mental (2000); Secretaría Distrital de Salud de Bogotá). Carolina Valencia has collaborated for the analyses of quality of life.
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Aponte, D., Zapata, J., Agudelo, D. (2019). Mental Health, Trajectories and Quality of Life: A Proposal for a New Understanding of DDR Processes in Colombia. In: Atieno, C., Robinson, C. (eds) Post-conflict Security, Peace and Development. SpringerBriefs in Environment, Security, Development and Peace, vol 13. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01740-8_5
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