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178 Lastly, within the realm of public policies, countries are strongly advised to advance in establishing legal frameworks that better safeguard the rights of individuals with mental disorders, their families and the wider community. This entails ensuring resources for specific mental health services, combating stigma and discrimination at all levels and promoting the mental well-being of the general population. Addressing the latter proves challenging in operational terms, but just like strides have been made in promoting “Health in All Policies”, considerations for mental health should similarly find a place here. We are confronted with an additional challenge, involving the proposal and validation of population metrics that integrate into routine evaluations of all kinds of public policies (“mental health impact assessments”) and national periodic reports, such as the “happiness index”. Perhaps we find ourselves at a juncture of historical change and transformation, where numerous paradigms are either ceasing to function or definitively crumbling. The evolution of the Covid-19 pandemic, various intra- and international armed conflicts and a certain degree of democratic progress in regions historically subject to totalitarian regimes all contribute to this transformative moment. It is incumbent upon students, professionals and all those engaged in the mental health field to adopt a broad perspective for their analyses, be critical and reflective in their approach to the challenges they confront and foster an attitude that encourages creativity and innovation, all while keeping sight of the ultimate goal: the well-being and quality of life of individuals and communities worldwide. References Agrest, M., Mascayano, F., Teodoro de Assis, R., Molina-Bulla, C. & Ardila- Gómez, S. (2018). Leyes de Salud Mental y reformas psiquiátricas en América Latina: Múltiples caminos en su implementación. TT - [Mental health laws and the psychiatric reform inLatin America: Multiple paths to its implementation]. Vertex , XXIX (141), 334-345. Allport, G. (1961). Pattern and Growth in Personality. Holt, Rhinehart & Winston (R. and W. Holt, Ed.). Alvarado, R. & Burrone, M. (2018). Epidemiology of Depression: Burden of Disease, Trends, and the Contributions of Social Epidemiology to the Study of Its Causes. En J. Jiménez, A. Botto & P. Fonagi (Eds.). Etiopathogenic Theories and Models in Depression (p. 340). American Psychiatric Association. (2018). Manual diagnóstico y estadístico de los trastornos mentales: DSM-5. Editorial Médica Panamericana. Bemme, D. & D’souza, N. A. (2014). Global mental health and its discontents: An inquiry into the making of global and local scale.