Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Short presentation
I am an Assistant Professor at the Center for Culture and the Mind (CULTMIND) at the University of Copenhagen (UCPH). I am a medical anthropologist, clinical psychologist, and psychoanalyst. My work focuses on the history, 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 UCPH. Additionally, I have been an Advisor of 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).
Education/Academic qualification
Anthropology, PhD, King's College London
Award Date: 1 Feb 2021
External positions
External Member, Rovira I Virgil University
2026 → …
Visiting Professor, Universidad San Sebastián
2025 → …
Adjunct Researcher, University Diego Portales
2021 → …
Keywords
- Faculty of Humanities
- Anthropology
- History
- Global Mental Health
- Psychiatry
- Psychoanalysis
- Public Health
- Decolonisation
- Postcolonial Studies
- Intersectionality
- Gender
- Race / racism
- Culture
- Migration
- Latin America
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Research output
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Social medicine beyond the medical curriculum: A Latin American historical perspective
Abarca-Brown, G. & Ortega, F., 2026, In: Global Public Health. 21, 1, 2671502.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Redefining social medicine from Latin America: Historical foundations and contemporary directions
Ortega, F. & Abarca-Brown, G., 2026, In: PLOS Global Public Health. 6, 3, p. e0006213Research output: Contribution to journal › Review › peer-review
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Structuralizing culture: Multicultural neoliberalism, migration and mental health in Santiago, Chile
Abarca Brown, G. A., 2024, In: Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry. 48, p. 526–546Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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A historical perspective on structural-based mental health approaches in Latin America: The Chilean and Brazilian cases
Abarca Brown, G. A. & Ortega, F., 2024, In: Critical Public Health. 34, 1, 2297918.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Toward a new relationship between history and global mental health
Antic, A., Abarca Brown, G. A., Moghnieh, L. & Rajpal, S., 2023, In: SSM - Mental Health. 4, 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Becoming a (Neuro)Migrant: Haitian Migration, Translation and Subjectivation in Santiago, Chile
Abarca Brown, G. A., 2024, In: Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness. 43, 3, p. 262-276Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Becoming a (Neuro)Migrant: Attachment, Early Stimulation, and the Government of the Future of Chile
Abarca Brown, G. A., 2023, In: Science, Technology & Human Values. p. 1-26Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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
Translated title of the contribution :(De)colonization runs deep: Mental health professionals working with Haitian migrants and activist mental health user and ex-user groups Chile Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile5 Citations (Scopus)53 Downloads (Pure)
Activities
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Migration and Mental health in Latin America: Historical and Anthropological Perspectives.
Abarca-Brown, G. (Invited speaker)
21 Apr 2026Activity: Presentations, memberships and other activity types › Lecture and oral contribution
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Histories of Global Mental Health: An International Conference to Discuss the Origins & Critiques of the Global Mental Health Movement
Abarca Brown, G. A. (Invited speaker)
2026 → …Activity: Participating in an event - types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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1st European Conference on Social Medicine
Abarca Brown, G. A. (Speaker)
20 Jun 2025 → 22 Jun 2025Activity: Participating in an event - types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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Culture and Psychiatric Paradigms during the Cold War
Abarca Brown, G. A. (Invited speaker)
18 Jun 2025 → 19 Jun 2025Activity: Participating in an event - types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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Global Mental Health (Movement) and Afro-descendant Migration in Chile
Abarca Brown, G. (Invited speaker)
9 Jun 2025Activity: Presentations, memberships and other activity types › Lecture and oral contribution
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Psychiatry, Confinement, and Racialisation
Abarca Brown, G. A. (Invited speaker)
3 Apr 2025 → 4 Apr 2025Activity: Participating in an event - types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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The oneiric life of Haitian migrants in Chile. An ethnographic account
Abarca Brown, G. A. (Invited speaker)
12 Mar 2025Activity: Presentations, memberships and other activity types › Lecture and oral contribution
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History of Emotion and Mental Health
Abarca Brown, G. (Invited speaker)
Feb 2025Activity: Presentations, memberships and other activity types › Lecture and oral contribution
Press/Media
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¿Somos sujetos cerebrales? Neurociencias, salud mental y sociedad – Conversación con Álvaro Jiménez y Gabriel Abarca
25/05/2023
1 item of Media coverage
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Gabriel Abarca-Brown: Rescuing Transcultural Psychiatry
11/02/2023
1 item of Media coverage
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Salud mental e inmigración: nuevos desafíos para Chile
20/10/2014
1 Media contribution
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El incendio en Valparaíso y la “salud mental”: qué se quema cuando se quema todo
28/04/2014
1 Media contribution
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Prizes
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Honorable Mention - Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais Prize - Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra
Carreno Hernandez, M. (Recipient), Abarca Brown, G. A. (Recipient) & Radiszcz, E. (Recipient), 2022
Prize: Prizes, scholarships, distinctions
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ANID BecasChile PhD scholarship
Abarca Brown, G. A. (Recipient), 2015
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Scholarship - Research Visit at the Social Medicine Institute UERJ-Brazil
Abarca Brown, G. A. (Recipient), Aug 2017
Prize: Prizes, scholarships, distinctions