The Resettlement Blues: The Role of Social Support in Newcomer Women’s Mental Health

2015 ◽  
pp. 97-109
Author(s):  
Kyle D. Killian ◽  
Sabine Lehr
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Women’S Mental Health ◽  
Women's Mental Health

Women's Mental Health During Pregnancy Influences Fetal and Infant Developmental and Health Outcomes

CNS Spectrums ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 198-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilona S. Federenko ◽  
Pathik D. Wadhwa
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Birth Outcomes ◽  
High Stress ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Women’S Mental Health ◽  
Women's Mental Health ◽  
Infant Birth

ABSTRACTWomen's mental health during pregnancy has important implications not only for the well-being of the mother, but also for the development, health, and well-being of her unborn child. A growing body of empirical evidence from population-based studies suggests that two indicators of women's mental health during pregnancy—psychosocial stress and social support—may exert a significant influence on fetal development and infant birth outcomes, such as birth weight and length of gestation, even after controlling for the effects of established sociodemographic, obstetric, and behavioral risk factors. This paper describes the role of three major biological systems involved in the physiology of pregnancy and stress physiology: neuroendocrine, immune/inflammatory, and cardiovascular systems. These systems have been hypothesized to mediate the effects of maternal mental health on fetal developmental and health outcomes, and a central role has been proposed for placental corticotropin-releasing hormone in this process. However, not all women reporting high prenatal stress and/or low social support proceed to develop adverse birth outcomes, raising the question of the determinants of susceptibility/vulnerability in the context of high stress and/or low social support. In this context, the role of race/ethnicity and genetic predisposition are. discussed as two promising avenues of further investigation.

scholarly journals Gender discrimination, victimisation and women's mental health

2018 ◽  
Vol 213 (6) ◽  
pp. 682-684
Author(s):  
Georgina M. Hosang ◽  
Kamaldeep Bhui
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
British Journal ◽  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Conflict Of Interest ◽  
Gender Discrimination ◽  
Women’S Mental Health ◽  
Women's Mental Health ◽  
The Impact

SummaryGender inequality and discrimination, as well as violence and victimisation towards women, have recently hit the headlines creating a media furore. We provide a timely discussion surrounding the impact of these issues on women's mental health and a discussion of the role of psychiatry in this context.Declaration of interestK.B. is the editor for the British Journal of Psychiatry but has not played a role in the decision to accept this editorial for publication in this journal. G.H. has no conflict of interest to declare.

scholarly journals Women, ‘madness’ and exercise

2018 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 181-192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Jane Hardes
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Prima Facie ◽  
Health Condition ◽  
Significant Shift ◽  
Emotional States ◽  
Women’S Mental Health ◽  
Women's Mental Health ◽  
Treatment Of Depression ◽  
Exercise Promotion

The positive relationship between exercise and mental health is often taken for granted in today’s society, despite the lack of academic literature evidencing this symbiosis. Gender is considered a significant determinant in a number of mental health diagnoses. Indeed, women are considered twice as likely as men to experience the most pervasive mental health condition, depression. Exercise for women’s mental health is promoted through various macrolevel charity, as well as microlevel, campaigns that influence government healthcare policy and National Health Service guidelines. Indeed, ‘exercise prescriptions’ in the treatment of depression is not uncommon. Yet, this link between exercise as a treatment for women’s mental health has not always been so pervasive. In fact, an examination of asylum reports and medical journals from the late 19th century highlights a significant shift in attitude towards the role of exercise in the treatment of women’s emotional states and mental health. This paper specifically examines how this treatment of women’s mental health through exercise has moved from what might be regarded as a focus on exercise as a ‘cause’ of women’s mental ailments to exercise promoted as a ‘cure’. Unpacking the changing medical attitudes towards exercise for women in line with larger sociopolitical and historic contexts reveals that while this shift towards exercise promotion might prima facie appear as a less essentialist view of women and their mental and physical states, it inevitably remains tied to larger policy and governance agendas. New modes of exercise ‘treatment’ for women’s mental health are not politically neutral and, thus, what appear to emerge as forms of liberation are, in actuality, subtler forms of regulation.

Black women's mental health: Role of racial microaggressions and macroaggressions

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roxanne A. Donovan ◽  
Jacqueline Bennett ◽  
David Galban ◽  
Shaina Felicie ◽  
Brandun Watson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Racial Microaggressions ◽  
Women’S Mental Health ◽  
Women's Mental Health

scholarly journals Weathering Probation and Parole: The Protective Role of Social Support on Black Women’s Recent Stressful Events and Depressive Symptoms

2019 ◽  
Vol 45 (8) ◽  
pp. 661-688
Author(s):  
Marion L. D. Malcome ◽  
Gina Fedock ◽  
Rachel C. Garthe ◽  
Seana Golder ◽  
George Higgins ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Black Women ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Depression Symptoms ◽  
Women’S Mental Health ◽  
Criminal Justice Involvement ◽  
Women's Mental Health ◽  
Probation And Parole ◽  
The Impact

Despite an overrepresentation of Black women in the criminal justice system, Black women’s mental health at the precarious intersection of race, gender, and community-based correctional supervision has been underresearched. Building on weathering theory, this study conceptualized criminal justice involvement as a social inequality that negatively affects Black women’s mental health. This study investigated the relationships between recent stressors, forms of social support, and depression through moderated regression analyses with a sample of 169 Black women on probation and parole. Almost half of the women met criteria for clinical levels of depression. Distinct forms of social support served as statistically significant protective factors between stressors and depression symptoms. Our findings highlight the importance of studying the mental health of Black women under correctional surveillance and bolstering multiple forms of support to promote their well-being. The impact of criminal justice involvement and institutional racism on Black women’s mental health requires further research.

The role of an endocrinologist in a women's mental health clinic

2017 ◽  
Vol 83 ◽  
pp. 34
Author(s):  
Caroline Thew ◽  
Cindy Yu ◽  
Michaela Corr ◽  
Jayashri Kulkarni
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Clinic ◽  
Mental Health Clinic ◽  
Women’S Mental Health ◽  
Women's Mental Health
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