scholarly journals Ashley Smith and Incarcerated Young Women: Marginalized at Any Age

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (02) ◽  
pp. 249-267
Author(s):  
Carla Cesaroni ◽  
Michele Peterson-Badali
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Expert Testimony ◽  
Correctional Facility ◽  
Incarcerated Women ◽  
The State ◽  
Developmental Perspective ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Mental Health Issues ◽  
The Subject

Abstract Nineteen-year-old Ashley Smith died by her own hand in 2007 in a women’s correctional facility in Ontario, Canada. The subject of the coroner’s inquest into her death was her carceral experience and the failure of the system (leading to her death) during her time in adult federal corrections. The general focus of the inquest was on the state of federal women’s corrections in Canada and the mental health issues experienced by many incarcerated women. We produced a report and provided expert testimony at the inquest regarding the need for a developmentally informed correctional framework. In this article, which is based on our inquest report and testimony, we argue that a developmental perspective is a vital lens for understanding the incarceration experience of young women.

Mental Health Issues Within Latinx Populations: Evaluating the State of the Field

2019 ◽  
pp. 45-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esther J. Calzada ◽  
Lauren E. Gulbas ◽  
Carolina Hausmann-Stabile ◽  
Su Yeong Kim ◽  
Jodi Berger Cardoso
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
The State ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Mental Health Issues ◽  
State Of The Field

Psychotic, acritical and precarious? A Lacanian exploration of the neoliberal consumer subject

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 329-346 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aliette Lambert
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Consumer Culture ◽  
The Self ◽  
Subject Position ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Subject Positions ◽  
Mental Health Issues

Extending the critical project of interrogating the consumer subject form, in this study, the consumer subject is read as potentially acritical, precarious and psychotic through Dufour’s Lacanian-inspired analysis of neoliberal subjectivity. Reflecting on two case studies from an ethnographic-type study of young women, identity and consumer culture, I demonstrate how participants attempt to fulfil neoliberal ideals related to agency, productivity and creativity. Relying on commodities for symbolic anchoring in doing so, a ‘psychotic’ and precarious subject position is evidenced. While the findings could certainly be interpreted as productive, tendencies toward materialism, uncertainty and anxiety, along with pervasive mental health issues, provided the impetus to further problematise dominant understandings of the consumer. Neoliberal consumer culture is evidenced as a harmful, dehumanising ideology that fosters competitiveness, individuality and meritocratic tendencies, encouraging a reliance on ever-changing, transient commodities to (in)form the self. This occurs at the expense of compromise, communality and social welfare, through which subjects may find more stable and emancipatory symbolic anchors. Only by recognising critical theorisations of the consumer as dominant subject positions of neoliberalism can cultural consumer researchers begin to imagine opportunities for resistance and emancipatory change.

scholarly journals Women's Mental Health in the Time of Covid-19 Pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Florence Thibaut ◽  
Patricia J. M. van Wijngaarden-Cremers
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Frontline Workers ◽  
Mental Health Issues ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
The Subject ◽  
At Home

Even if the fatality rate has been twice higher for men than for women, the Covid-19 pandemic has affected women more than men, both as frontline workers and at home. The aim of our article was to analyze the differences observed in mental health and violence between men and women in the COVID outbreak. For this purpose, we have used all papers available in PubMed between January and July 2020 as well as data from non-governmental associations. We have thus successively analyzed the situation of pregnancy during the pandemic; the specific psychological and psychiatric risks faced by women both as patients and as workers in the health sector, the increased risk of violence against women at home and at workplace and, finally the risk run by children within their families. In conclusion, research on the subject of mental health issues during the Covid-19 pandemic is still scarce, especially in women. We hope that this pandemic will help to recognize the major role of women at home and at the workplace.

scholarly journals Protecting the vulnerable victim in criminal injuries matters

2014 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Guthrie
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Best Interests ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Substance Addiction ◽  
Mental Health Issues ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Serious Injury ◽  
Made In

Each year large numbers of persons sustain serious injury as a consequence of criminal behaviours. All Australian jurisdictions provide systems of compensation to those harmed in this way. In many instances assessors of compensation have to consider not simply the appropriate and fair amount of compensation but how a person will be affected by the payment of compensation. Often those applicants apply through their guardians or a public trustee, although many applicants apply in person. This paper examines the use of legislative provisions, rules regulations and practices in the various Australian jurisdictions in relation to how vulnerable criminal injuries applicants may be protected once an award of compensation is made in their favour. Most jurisdictions provide for a mechanism by which compensation awarded may be held in trust in the event that the compensation assessor considers that the applicant may be unable to manage her or his financial affairs and where it would be in the best interests of the applicant. When considering what is in the best interests of the applicant the assessor will have regard to the manner in which the inability to manage financial matters has arisen either as a consequence of the offence the subject of the application, pre-exiting mental health issues, substance addiction and abuse or vulnerability to exploitation by family members or close associates. This paper explores what factors are taken into account by assessors in the absence of and pursuant to legislative directions. It considers how the approach may vary across jurisdictions and creative approaches to protection vulnerable criminally injured persons.

scholarly journals Representasi Re-Experiencing, Avoidance, dan Hyperarousal of Mental Health dalam Novel Lanang

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lutfi Azizah Madya Gumelar ◽  
Yessy Hermawati
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Traumatic Event ◽  
Mental Health Disorders ◽  
The State ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Trauma Symptoms ◽  
Literary Works ◽  
Mental Health Issues ◽  
Health Disorders ◽  
Painful Feeling

Man can express the state of their souls through literary works, and Man also gain experience of their souls by reading and appreciating literary works. This paper aims to see a description of trauma symptoms related to the mental health of Lanang figures, in the Lanang Novel by Yonathan Rahardjo. The inner conflict of the characters in this novel represents the symptoms of trauma resulting in mental health disorders. It is important to know that novel readers can understand mental health issues through the appreciation of literary works. This novel study uses the contentanalysis method and literary psychoanalysis approach carried out to describe psychological problems, especially related to mental health disorders in Novel Lanang. The results of the analysis show that the symptoms of trauma can be shown through three things, namely: 1) Re-experiencing or intrusion is the reappearance of a traumatic event in the self (flashback), 2) Avoidance is an uncomfortable or painful feeling that makes him try to avoid so as not too experienced a traumatic event. 3) Hyperarousal is excessive anxiety experienced by sufferers causing him to feel in a state of being threatened or a constant danger. These three things are reflected in the character of Lanang. The description of trauma symptoms in this novel can be used as an initial experience to understand mental health issues. Literary works can also be a source of knowledge about the state of human psychology.

Are Pediatric Providers On-Board With Current Recommendations Related to Maternal Mental Health Screening at Well-Child Visits in the State of Georgia?

2020 ◽  
pp. 107839032097135
Author(s):  
Kaitlyn Barrow ◽  
Analise McGreal ◽  
Dillon LiVecche ◽  
Susan Van Cleve ◽  
Chris Sikes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Postpartum Depression ◽  
Maternal Mental Health ◽  
The United States ◽  
The State ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Mental Health Issues ◽  
Pediatric Providers

BACKGROUND: The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that pediatric providers screen mothers for postpartum depression at the 1-, 2-, 4-, and 6-month well-child visits. However, compliance with this recommendation varies greatly and is far from 100%. This is significant, as perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMADs) represent the most common complication of childbearing. OBJECTIVES: This investigation was conducted to explore barriers to screening in the pediatric setting, reported advantages of screening, providers’ knowledge of mental health supports in the community, and commonly observed (and explicitly stated) mental health issues in new mothers. All data collection took place in the state of Georgia, which has the worst rates of maternal mortality and morbidity in the United States. METHOD: A convenience sample of five pediatric practices was selected through the Mercer University School of Medicine’s community preceptor network. All clinical staff at each site participated in one of five focus groups for a total of 31 participants. The conversations were audio-taped, transcribed, and thematically analyzed. RESULTS: Providers from two practices were formally screening for Postpartum Depression; they indicated that it added value to their practice. Those not screening cited several barriers including lack of time, training, and access to the mother’s medical records. Several clinicians asserted that they were not trained to address mental health issues in their pediatric patients’ mothers and that it was out of their realm of expertise. CONCLUSIONS: Provider compliance with the current AAP recommendations may increase with mandatory, specialized training in recognizing and treating PMADs.

The Crime of Attempted Suicide in Uganda: The Need for Reforms to the Law

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Emma Charlene Lubaale
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Attempted Suicide ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Mental Health Issues ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Law ◽  
Commit Suicide

Much has been written on the subject of suicide in Uganda, in particular the need to decriminalise it. However, very little is devoted to the issue of whether, in the first place, this offence is grounded in the principles of criminal law. In addition, hardly any literature is devoted to the exploration of defences capable of being relied on to ensure that when persons who attempt suicide are charged, due regard is given to the mental health issues surrounding their conduct. The purpose of this article is twofold. First, to demonstrate that the offence of attempted suicide under Ugandan law lacks foundation in the principles of criminal law. This conclusion is based on the fact that the offence of suicide is not proscribed under Uganda’s laws; therefore, the conduct of attempting to commit suicide cannot constitute an offence. Secondly, to argue that the defence of insanity in Uganda, if widened, could found a basis for persons who attempt suicide to be acquitted by reason of mental illness.

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