{"id":4256,"date":"2018-03-22T14:41:06","date_gmt":"2018-03-22T14:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dementes.programate.pe\/?p=4256"},"modified":"2026-07-09T20:53:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T20:53:19","slug":"la-corrupcion-y-su-relacion-con-nuestra-salud-mental","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.dementes.org.pe\/en\/2018\/03\/22\/la-corrupcion-y-su-relacion-con-nuestra-salud-mental\/","title":{"rendered":"Corruption and its relationship with our mental health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"translation-block\">Our country is currently going through a very difficult situation, mainly due to <span style=\"color: #2289a3\"><strong>corruption, a dishonest, unethical, and illegal practice that has become deeply institutionalized within our political system<\/strong><\/span>, where personal interests are placed above the interests of an entire nation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"translation-block\">According to the VIII Report on Perceptions of Quality of Life in Lima and Callao, presented a few days ago by the citizen observatory \"Lima C\u00f3mo Vamos,\" <strong><span style=\"color: #2289a3\">corruption among public officials is considered one of the three most important issues affecting quality of life<\/span><\/strong> by more than 26% of residents in both Lima and Callao.<\/p>\n<p class=\"translation-block\"><strong><span style=\"color: #2289a3\">Corruption not only hinders a country's development, but it also negatively impacts the mental health of its citizens<\/span><\/strong>. In an interview with Andina several months ago*, representatives of the Honorio Delgado-Hideyo Noguchi National Institute of Mental Health explained how corruption affects a country's overall sense of well-being, generating discouragement, demoralization, and hopelessness among the population.<\/p>\n<div class=\"translation-block\">\"The public sees corruption as an obstacle that undermines their rights and the country's progress. However, they do not yet fully realize that, beyond affecting them individually, it also has a profound impact on the mental health of society as a whole,\"<strong> <\/strong>said Luis Matos, Head of the Health Promotion Department.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"translation-block\">There is a close relationship between distress and corruption. Impunity further worsens the situation by increasing society's sense of insecurity and contributing to the <strong><span style=\"color: #2289a3\">development of stress, anxiety, anger, frustration, and sadness when appropriate sanctions are not enforced<\/span><\/strong>.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"translation-block\">As citizens of a country affected by corruption, it is our responsibility to pause, reflect, and become aware of our own actions. We must have <strong><span style=\"color: #2289a3\">zero tolerance for corrupt practices<\/span><\/strong> at every level, whether large or small. It is also our duty to <strong><span style=\"color: #2289a3\">educate and promote strong values in future generations<\/span><\/strong>, teaching them to distinguish between right and wrong. Only in this way can we move forward as a nation.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #2289a3;\">#EveryoneForMentalHealth<\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"translation-block\">*Interview available at: <a href=\"http:\/\/andina.pe\/agencia\/noticia.aspx?id=654444\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andina.pe<\/a><br>\nReferences: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elfinanciero.com.mx\/opinion\/salvador-garcia-linan\/corrupcion-generadora-de-trastornos-mentales\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ElFinanciero.mx<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La corrupci\u00f3n y su relaci\u00f3n con la salud mental de los habitantes de un pa\u00eds.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6594,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[23],"class_list":["post-4256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinion","tag-articulos-noticias"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.dementes.org.pe\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.dementes.org.pe\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.dementes.org.pe\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.dementes.org.pe\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.dementes.org.pe\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4256"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/staging.dementes.org.pe\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6595,"href":"https:\/\/staging.dementes.org.pe\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4256\/revisions\/6595"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.dementes.org.pe\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.dementes.org.pe\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.dementes.org.pe\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.dementes.org.pe\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}