| Literature DB >> 35653856 |
Amaia Bacigalupe1, Yolanda González-Rábago2, Marta Jiménez-Carrillo3.
Abstract
To identify the sociocultural roots that explain the higher frequency of diagnoses of depression and/or anxiety and the prescription of psychotropic drugs in women, in order to propose a preliminary explanatory framework for the investigation of gender inequalities in mental health and its medicalization. Qualitative study with a descriptive-interpretive design, through in-depth interviews conducted in January and February 2021. Interviews were held in various cities of the Basque Country, Barcelona and Madrid. 12 experts in gender and mental health from the clinical (Primary Care and Mental Health), academic and associative fields. Intentional sampling, following the snowball technique, until covering the diversity of previously identified profiles and the saturation of the discourse. An analysis of thematic content was carried out starting from a critical-realistic epistemological perspective. The main dimensions to explain gender inequalities in diagnoses of depression or anxiety and prescription of psychoactive drugs were: 1) the material and symbolic subordination of women, 2) the role of «psi» sciences in the pathologization of the feminine identity, 3) the epistemological and androcentric biases of biomedicine, and 4) the active agency of women in medicalization processes. The reduction of gender inequalities in the diagnoses and prescription of psychotropic drugs will require joint intervention at the clinical, community and structural levels that, from a feminist perspective, manage to reverse the socioeconomic, symbolic and epistemic vulnerability of women.Entities:
Keywords: Desigualdades sociales; Gender; Género; Medicalización; Medicalization; Mental health; Salud mental; Social inequalities
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Year: 2022 PMID: 35653856 PMCID: PMC9160668 DOI: 10.1016/j.aprim.2022.102378
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Aten Primaria ISSN: 0212-6567 Impact factor: 2.206
Perfil de las personas entrevistadas, y lugar y tipo de entrevista
| Persona entrevistada (Entr.) | Perfil | Lugar y tipo |
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| 1 | Médica de Familia y Comunitaria | Madrid - presencial |
| 2 | Psiquiatra Centro de Salud Mental | País Vasco - presencial |
| 3 | Médica de Familia y Comunitaria | Barcelona - virtual |
| 4 | Médico de Familia y Comunitaria | País Vasco - presencial |
| 5 | Psiquiatra Centro de Salud Mental | Madrid - presencial |
| 6 | Psiquiatra Unidad de Cuidados Psiquiátricos Prolongados | Madrid - presencial |
| 7 | Activista en salud mental/superviviente de la psiquiatría/escritora | Madrid - presencial |
| 8 | Médica de Familia y Comunitaria | País Vasco - presencial |
| 9 | Psiquiatra Hospital y profesora universitaria | País Vasco - presencial |
| 10 | Enfermera de Salud Mental | País Vasco - presencial |
| 11 | Médica de Familia y Comunitaria | País Vasco - presencial |
| 12 | Psiquiatra Centro de Salud Mental | Madrid - presencial |
Figura 1Marco explicativo de las desigualdades de género en el diagnóstico de depresión/ansiedad y la prescripción de psicofármacos.
Verbatims representativos (y referencias en el texto) sobre la subordinación material y simbólica de las mujeres como origen de su sufrimiento mental
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Verbatims representativos (y referencias en el texto) sobre el papel de las ciencias psi en la patologización de lo femenino
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Verbatims representativos (y referencias en el texto) sobre sesgos epistemológicos y androcéntricos del modelo biomédico y su influencia en la atención al malestar mental
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Verbatims representativos (y referencias en el texto) sobre mujeres como agentes activos en los procesos de etiquetaje y medicalización
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