CONTEMPORARY PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT AS A MEDIATOR IN THE GUARANTEE OF HUMAN, SOCIAL AND HEALTH RIGHTS

Abstract

This article discusses the extent to which Contemporary Psychological Assessment, by being aware of social, political and historical processes, can be a mediator in the guarantee of human, social and health rights. For this, we present the history of psychology and the criticisms addressed to the process of psychological and psychopathological diagnosis. In addition, we advance by indicating the legal frameworks that ensure access to health and social assistance, as well as the relevance of critically warned Psychological Assessments (PA) to mediate access to social and health rights provided for in the current legal frameworks. This study allows us to broaden the understanding of Psychological Assessment to the extent that it removes it from the stigmatizing framework of the exclusionary technique and brings its value closer to one of the duties of the category, which is to promote health and quality of life for the population, acting with social responsibility from a critical analysis of historical and economic realities.