scholarly journals Interrogating psychocentrism and the role of a white researcher

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jordana Rovet
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Emotional Distress ◽  
Cultural Factors ◽  
Discourse Functions ◽  
Health Discourse

This work represents a culmination of experiences of individuals who have been subjected to adolescent psychiatrization and particularly, the influences of psychocentrism. This work builds upon the notion of psychocentrism as a social justice issue by exploring how its’ embeddedness within dominant mental health discourse functions to disregard the systemic, historical and cultural factors contributing to individual experiences of emotional distress. Through this analysis, the tensions of a white researcher with social justice aims is problematized and explored in tandem with the findings of this research.

scholarly journals Interrogating psychocentrism and the role of a white researcher

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jordana Rovet
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Emotional Distress ◽  
Cultural Factors ◽  
Discourse Functions ◽  
Health Discourse

This work represents a culmination of experiences of individuals who have been subjected to adolescent psychiatrization and particularly, the influences of psychocentrism. This work builds upon the notion of psychocentrism as a social justice issue by exploring how its’ embeddedness within dominant mental health discourse functions to disregard the systemic, historical and cultural factors contributing to individual experiences of emotional distress. Through this analysis, the tensions of a white researcher with social justice aims is problematized and explored in tandem with the findings of this research.

Prescriptive Power: Biologism, Biopsychiatry and Drug-centred Psychopharmacology

Somatechnics ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 291-309
Author(s):  
Francis Russell
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Cultural Theory ◽  
Human Experience ◽  
Mental Illnesses ◽  
False Consciousness ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Biological Ontology ◽  
Health Discourse

This paper looks to make a contribution to the critical project of psychiatrist Joanna Moncrieff, by elucidating her account of ‘drug-centred’ psychiatry, and its relation to critical and cultural theory. Moncrieff's ‘drug-centred’ approach to psychiatry challenges the dominant view of mental illness, and psychopharmacology, as necessitating a strictly biological ontology. Against the mainstream view that mental illnesses have biological causes, and that medications like ‘anti-depressants’ target specific biological abnormalities, Moncrieff looks to connect pharmacotherapy for mental illness to human experience, and to issues of social justice and emancipation. However, Moncrieff's project is complicated by her framing of psychopharmacological politics in classical Marxist notions of ideology and false consciousness. Accordingly, she articulates a political project that would open up psychiatry to the subjugated knowledge of mental health sufferers, whilst also characterising those sufferers as beholden to ideology, and as being effectively without knowledge. Accordingly, in order to contribute to Moncrieff's project, and to help introduce her work to a broader humanities readership, this paper elucidates her account of ‘drug-centred psychiatry’, whilst also connecting her critique of biopsychiatry to notions of biologism, biopolitics, and bio-citizenship. This is done in order to re-describe the subject of mental health discourse, so as to better reveal their capacities and agency. As a result, this paper contends that, once reframed, Moncrieff's work helps us to see value in attending to human experience when considering pharmacotherapy for mental illness.

scholarly journals Overparenting and Emerging Adults’ Mental Health: The Mediating Role of Emotional Distress Tolerance

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 374-381
Author(s):  
Christopher M. Perez ◽  
Bonnie C. Nicholson ◽  
Eric R. Dahlen ◽  
Melanie E. Leuty
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Emotional Distress ◽  
Distress Tolerance ◽  
Mediating Role

Violence and Victimization During Incarceration: Relations to Psychosocial Adjustment During Reentry to the Community

2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 361-378 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashley Schappell ◽  
Meagan Docherty ◽  
Paul Boxer
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Antisocial Behavior ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress ◽  
Emotional Distress ◽  
Psychosocial Adjustment ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Positive Relation ◽  
Mental Problems

We surveyed male ex-offenders (N = 100) about their experiences during and prior to incarceration to assess the role of these factors in psychosocial adjustment postrelease. Participants completed measures of preincarceration mental health problems and severe victimization and feelings of safety during incarceration; they also self-reported emotional distress, antisocial behavior, and posttraumatic stress (PTS). Moderator analyses of PTS outcomes revealed two key interactions between preincarceration mental health problems and severe victimization during incarceration as well as preincarceration mental health problems by feelings of safety during incarceration. In those without preincarceration mental health problems, victimization and PTS were significantly positively related; this was not the case for those with preexisting mental problems. Furthermore, the positive relation between feeling unsafe and PTS was stronger among those with preexisting mental problems. Findings are discussed with respect to implications for reentry services.

scholarly journals Towards mental health promotion in prisons: the role of screening for emotional distress

2010 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 90-94
Author(s):  
M. R. Krespi Boothby ◽  
I. Mulholland ◽  
A. Cases ◽  
K. Carrington ◽  
T. Bolger
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Emotional Distress ◽  
Mental Health Promotion

Mental health under occupation: an analysis of the de-politicization of the mental health discourse in Palestine and a call for a human rights approach

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Helbich ◽  
Samah Jabr
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Mental Health Disorders ◽  
Human Rights Violations ◽  
Social Suffering ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Health Disorders ◽  
Health Discourse ◽  
Israeli Occupation

Purpose This study aims to look at the effects of the Israeli occupation on the mental health of Palestinians and examine the link between political oppression and the occurrence of mental health disorders. It argues that, as human rights violations in Palestine are connected to psychological distress, the root causes of social suffering need to be considered in order not to pathologize Palestinians. The purpose of this paper lies in connecting the mental health discourse with a human rights approach to better understand this connection within the context of political violence. Design/methodology/approach The paper presents the viewpoint and perspectives of the authors on significant mental health issues in Palestine. The methodology is based on a literature review of the de-politicization of the mental health discourse and on the theoretical framework of a human rights approach. At the base of this discourse lies the demand for social justice and professional solidarity. Findings The study highlights that to truly understand social suffering in Palestine, it needs to be related to the prevalence of human rights violations, which in turn have a conceivable impact on the mental health well-being of individuals. It advocates for a shift from a de-contextualized, de-politicized and individualistic approach to mental health to acknowledging the importance of the social and political context in which trauma develops. It further illustrates how the adaptation of a human rights approach can strengthen demands of social justice and oppose the victimization of Palestinians. Originality/value The value of the works lies in putting the prevalence of mental health disorders in Palestine in relation to human rights violations as a consequence of the ongoing Israeli occupation and in highlighting the role that international organizations play in the de-politicization of the mental health discourse.

Accommodation in Youths’ Mental Health: Evidence and Issues

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 227-231 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elana R. Kagan ◽  
Hannah E. Frank ◽  
Philip C. Kendall
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ◽  
Emotional Distress ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive ◽  
Compulsive Disorder

Accommodation refers to the ways in which parents or other family members modify routines or expectations to alleviate a child’s symptoms and emotional distress. In the context of youth obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and anxiety, accommodation contributes to both the development and the maintenance of the disorder. We review the literature on accommodation in youths, including evidence for the central role that accommodation plays in the maintenance of OCD and anxiety. We then highlight several issues requiring further research, including the role of accommodation in other disorders and settings.

Understanding the Victimization-Delinquency Overlap Among Latino Adolescents: The Role of Cultural and Mental Health Factors

2020 ◽  
pp. 088626052091258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos A. Cuevas ◽  
Chiara Sabina ◽  
Rebecca Cudmore Kendall ◽  
Emilie Picard ◽  
Kelly Goggin
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Multinomial Logistic Regression ◽  
Latino Youth ◽  
Cultural Factors ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Latino Adolescents ◽  
Familial Support ◽  
Youth Study ◽  
Mental Health Factors

The aim of this analysis was to evaluate whether cultural factors and mental health variables distinguish Latino youth who are delinquent-victims, primarily victims, or primarily delinquent. This study used data from the Dating Violence among Latino Adolescents (DAVILA) Study, which surveyed 1,525 Latino youth and queried participants about past year victimization, delinquency, psychological distress, and cultural factors. Using multinomial logistic regression, we evaluated whether these variables differentiated youth who were delinquent-victims, primarily victims, primarily delinquent, or neither delinquent nor victims. Results suggest that delinquent-victim Latino youth are differentiated from other groups primarily by the degree of familial support and anger/hostility. Other cultural and mental health variables do not appear to differentiate the groups, suggesting a greater degree of similarity among them based on the variables used in the analysis. The results indicate that Latino youth that are victimized and engage in delinquent behavior are primarily differentiated by the degree of anger/hostility they experience. Familial support, as has been seen with non-Latino groups, appears to present a significant protective quality and likely can serve as a prevention strategy, particularly for delinquent-victim youth. Study limitations include challenges with retrospective self-report and sampling using RDD methodologies.

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