Gabriel Antonio Abarca Brown

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I am a postdoctoral research fellow at the Decolonizing Madness ERC-project (DECOLMAD) at the Center for Culture and the Mind (CULTMIND) at the University of Copenhagen (KU). I am a medical anthropologist, clinical psychologist, and psychoanalyst. My work focuses on the politics and practices of psychiatry and global mental health and their impacts on subjectivity and everyday life in Latin America. I hold a PhD in Anthropology from the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at King's College London (KCL) and an MA in Adult Clinical Psychology with a specialization in Psychoanalysis from the University of Chile (UCh). I have lectured and conducted research at the University of Santiago, UCh, KCL, and KU. Additionally, I have collaborated with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO). I am also a co-founder of the Platform for Social Research in Mental Health in Latin America (PLASMA).

Selected publications

1. Accepted/In press

   Structuralizing culture: Multicultural neoliberalism, migration and mental health in Santiago, Chile

   Abarca Brown, Gabriel Antonio, 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry.

   Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

2. Published

   A historical perspective on structural-based mental health approaches in Latin America: The Chilean and Brazilian cases

   Abarca Brown, Gabriel Antonio & Ortega, F., 2024, In: Critical Public Health. 34, 1, 2297918.

   Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

3. Published

   Toward a new relationship between history and global mental health

   Antic, Ana, Abarca Brown, Gabriel Antonio, Moghnieh, Lamia & Rajpal, Shilpi, 2023, In: SSM - Mental Health. 4, 5 p.

   Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

4. Published

   Becoming a (Neuro)Migrant: Haitian Migration, Translation and Subjectivation in Santiago, Chile

   Abarca Brown, Gabriel Antonio, 2024, In: Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness.

   Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

5. Published

   Becoming a (Neuro)Migrant: Attachment, Early Stimulation, and the Government of the Future of Chile

   Abarca Brown, Gabriel Antonio, 2023, In: Science, Technology, & Human Values. p. 1-26

   Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

6. Published

   ¿Somos sujetos cerebrales?: Neurociencias, salud mental y sociedad

   Jimenez Molina, A. & Abarca Brown, Gabriel Antonio, 2022, Ediciones Universidad Diego Portales. 416 p.

   Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research › peer-review

7. Published

   La (de)colonización va por dentro: Profesionales de salud mental en el trabajo con migrantes haitianos y agrupaciones de usuarios y exusuarios activistas de servicios de salud mental en Chile

   Abarca Brown, Gabriel Antonio & Montenegro, C., 2023, In: Revista de Antropología Social. 32, 2, p. 129-140

   Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

8. Religión, vudú y salud mental: nuevos desafíos para los servicios de salud en Chile

   Abarca Brown, Gabriel Antonio, 2019, In: Revista Chilena de Salud Pública. 23, 1, p. 68-71

   Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

Selected prizes

1. Honorable Mention - Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais Prize - Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra

   Carreno Hernandez, M. (Recipient), Abarca Brown, Gabriel Antonio (Recipient) & Radiszcz, E. (Recipient), 2022

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2. ANID BecasChile PhD scholarship

   Abarca Brown, Gabriel Antonio (Recipient), 2015

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