Diversity, Difference and Mental Health Flashcards
What do we mean by valuing diversity and difference in mental health?
List 4 points
- Being sensitive to diversity
- Understanding diversity
- Personalising practice
- Improving services
- Being sensitive to diversity
- Understanding diversity
- Personalising practice
- Improving services
These are the 4 areas of…?
Valuing diversity and difference in mental health
How can we be sensitive to diversity?
By understanding the unique experiences, beliefs, values, and perspectives of individuals from diverse backgrounds
How can we understand diversity?
Recognising that mental health challenges and their impact can differ substantially depending on cultural context, socioeconomic status, ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation
How can we personalise practice?
Recognising and incorporating various cultural, social, and individual preferences in mental health services
Recognising / respecting
diversity in mental health care leads to…?
List 3 points
- Increased help-seeking among underserved groups
- More accurate assessment
- Better engagement in intervention, therapeutic alliance, and outcomes (positive therapeutic change)
- Increased help-seeking among underserved groups
- More accurate assessment
- Better engagement in intervention, therapeutic alliance, and outcomes (positive therapeutic change)
These are the 3 advantages of…?
Recognising / respecting
diversity in mental health care
Describe the UK Equality Act 2010
- Individuals are afforded protection against discrimination, harassment and victimisation
- To help achieve equal opportunities across all aspects of society based on nine protected characteristics
What are the 9 protected characteristics included in the Equality Act 2010?
- Race
- Disability
- Religion or belief
- Gender
- Sexual orientation
- Sex
- Age
- Maternity and pregnancy
- Marriage
What is the aim of the UK Equality Act 2010?
Promote equality to groups of people who may be disadvantaged or under-represented or have particular needs
What are the 2 important implications of the UK Equality Act 2010?
- Discrimination based on mental health is an offence
- Consideration of protected characteristics and equal treatment within mental health services is a legal duty as well as good practice
What were the 2 main themes found in a systematic review of 14 studies by Rees et al. (2020) of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities’ MH experiences?
- Experienced stigma and discrimination when accessing MH care
- Professionals’ lack knowledge and understanding of LGBT people’s needs
List 5 ways lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities experience stigma and discrimination when accessing MH care
- Being positioned as different through use of heteronormative language etc.
- Felt ignored / mistreated due to sexuality or gender identification
- Often felt pathologized for their sexuality/gender identity and under-treated for primary mental health problems
- Or vulnerable if sexual orientation/gender were not acknowledged
- Some felt questions were over-intrusive
List 2 ways professionals’ lack knowledge and understanding of LGBT people’s needs
- A need for MH care that promotes equity, respect for diversity, & self-acceptance
- A need for culturally sensitive and LGBTQ+ friendly therapists that do not pathologise sexuality or assume that MH difficulties are due to sexual identity
What % of gay young people (who have not been bullied) are depressed?
a. 20%
b. 35%
c. 46%
d. 18%
b. 35%
The risk of suicide among gay men is ____ times the general population
2-4 times
The risk of suicide among _____ is 2-4 times the general population
Gay men
What contributes towards worse mental health among LGBTQ+ individuals?
List 5 factors
- Discrimination
- Social status
- Concealment
- Stigma
- Internalised homophobias
Common MH difficulties have steadily increased for ___
a. Men
b. Women
c. Non-binary
d. Children
b. Women
Common MH difficulties have remained steady for ____
a. Men
b. Women
c. Non-binary
d. Children
a. Men
What are the 2 common MH difficulties faced by women?
- Depression
- Anxiety
Women are ___ times as likely to be diagnosed with anxiety
2 times
____ are 2x times as likely to be diagnosed with anxiety
a. Men
b. Women
c. Non-binary
d. Children
b. Women
Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and phobias more common among ____
a. Men
b. Women
c. Non-binary
d. Children
b. Women
Post-traumatic stress disorder are more common among ____
a. Men
b. Women
c. Non-binary
d. Children
b. Women
Post-traumatic stress disorder are more common among women
Why?
Majority of cases are due to sexual assault, which causes the trauma
What are the 2 mental health difficulties women experience due to their reproductive cycle?
- Prenatal depression
- Menopause (anxiety, mood)
_____ as many men as women die by suicide (linked to depression & adverse life events)
3x
3x as many ____ as women die by suicide (linked to depression & adverse life events)
a. Men
b. Women
c. Non-binary
d. Children
a. Men
___ % of referrals to psychological therapies in the NHS come from men
36%
36% of referrals to psychological therapies in the NHS come from men
What does this suggest?
Gender stereotypes contribute to low help seeking
_____ ______ contribute to low help seeking
Gender stereotypes
36% of referrals to psychological therapies in the NHS come from ____
a. Men
b. Women
c. Non-binary
d. Children
a. Men
___ are underrepresented in mental health services
a. Men
b. Women
c. Non-binary
d. Children
a. Men
Men are underrepresented in mental health services
Why?
Gender stereotypes
Men are expected by society to not show emotions and to cope with their difficulties alone
3x as likely to become alcohol dependent and frequently use drugs
a. Men
b. Women
c. Non-binary
d. Children
a. Men
Men are ____ times as likely to become alcohol dependent and frequently use drugs
3 times
More likely compulsorily detained under the Mental Health Act
a. Men
b. Women
c. Non-binary
d. Children
a. Men
Describe Women’s MH difficulties
List 5
- Common MH difficulties have steadily increased for women but remain steady for men
- 2x as likely diagnosed with anxiety
- Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and phobias more common
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (20.4% vs 8.1% for men)
- Reproductive cycle: Perinatal depression, menopause (anxiety, mood)
Describe Men’s MH difficulties
List 4
- 3x as many men as women die by suicide (linked to depression & adverse life events)
- 36% of referrals to psychological therapies in the NHS come from men – gender stereotypes contribute to low help-seeking
- 3x as likely to become alcohol dependent and frequently use drugs
- More likely compulsorily detained under the Mental Health Act
True or False?
Many minorities have worse mental health compared with White British groups
True
______ individuals, esp men, are more likely to be diagnosed with psychosis (e.g. 6-9x more risk of
schizophrenia) and compulsorily admitted to hospital
a. Black
b. White
c. Asian
d. Hispanic
a. Black
____ individuals, esp men, are 6-9x more at risk of
schizophrenia
a. Black
b. White
c. Asian
d. Hispanic
a. Black
Black individuals, esp men, are 6-9x more at risk of
_____
Schizophrenia
Black individuals, esp men, are more likely to be diagnosed with ____ and compulsorily admitted to hospital
Psychosis