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Showing 1 to 20 of 29 for “"Women -- Mental health"”.
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The social construction of female criminality : women, mental health, and the criminal justice system
… between the closures or reduction in available mental health care and a direct increase in the incarceration rate of women. Rather it is to show that ideology is primarily at the root of this shift in remanding certain individuals from mental health care facilities to penal institutions. I am …
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A feminist analysis of mental health providers' perspectives of Latina women
Researchers have documented that Latina women involved in the mental health system face a number of barriers to access to services and ongoing use of services. Latina women involved in the mental health system are often viewed as at-risk. This study challenges traditional pathological views of …
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Perinatal depression screening program evaluation
… pregnancy. If left untreated, PMADs can be detrimental to the long-term health of both mothers and infants. The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) is an effective and well-accepted screening method for identifying PMADs. The findings from a literature review emphasized the clinical …
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Understanding The Lives Of Bipolar Women With Post-Secondary School Experience
Understanding the Lives of Bipolar Women with Post-Secondary School Experience Problem: Bipolar disorder affects 2.6% of the population over age 18 and often presents for the first time during the college years (Lejeune, 2011). Students at this age already face challenges in adapting to a new …
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Is fair lovely?: A cross-cultural comparison of the impact of colorism on mental health in South Asian women
… of colorism messages and how it affects the mental well-being of South Asian women in the U.S. and South Asia. Using Objectification Theory (Fredrickson & Roberts, 1997), I hypothesized that these messages are associated with self-objectification processes (e.g., skin tone surveillance, skin …
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Effective and Empowering Psychotherapy for Black Women: A Culturally Adapted Proposed Model
<p>Black women in the United States are a minoritized group that has experienced oppression and suffering explicitly targeting their intersectional and minority identities. The intensity and frequency of stressors result in a negative impact on Black women that prompts a need to cope. Rather than …
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Effects of Parental or Caregiver Death Prior to Age Eighteen on Depressive Symptoms and Grief Following Miscarriage
… following miscarriage such that miscarrying women with parental or caregiver death have higher levels of depressive symptoms and grief than their counterparts who have not experienced parental or caregiver death. The study further examines whether the difference in the level of depressive …
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Experiences and perceptions of mothers recovering from depression with regard to the impact of depression on family roles and coping skills
The aim of the present study was to explore the subjective experiences and perceptions of mothers diagnosed with depression. The study investigated mothers' understandings of the extent to which their illness had impacted on their appraisal of their mothering and associated roles within the family. …
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