Sara M Bergstresser
Biographic Data
| ID | 101799 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sara M Bergstresser |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sara M |
| FAMILY NAME | Bergstresser |
| SIGNATURE | BERGSTRESSER S M |
| AFFILIATIONS | National Institute of Mental Health |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7667-2426 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Asylums and Harm Embodiment
This article examines iatrogenic harms incurred by closed-ward psychiatric hospitals. In particular, this article considers roles of narrative in one patient's experience of life-encompassing iatrogenic harm from being institutionalized from infancy to age 60 and also emphasizes Italy's comparative success, relative to the United States, in recovering from decades of deinstitutionalization to establish community-based mental health care
Cultural considerations in forgoing enteral feeding: A comparison between the Hong Kong Chinese, North American, and Malaysian Islamic patients with advanced dementia at the end‐of‐life
Cultural competence, a clinical skill to recognise patients' cultural and religious beliefs, is an integral element in patient‐centred medical practice. In the area of death and dying, physicians' understanding of patients' and families' values is essential for the delivery of culturally appropriate care. Dementia is a neurodegenerative condition marked by the decline of cognitive functions. When the condition progresses and deteriorates, patient…
Feeding versus Artificial Nutrition and Hydration: At the Boundaries of Medical Intervention and Social Interaction
This article examines the concept of medical feeding that has emerged in the United States. Artificial nutrition and hydration emphasizes artificiality and medical technology. By contrast, the daily actions of eating and feeding have complex social, cultural, and historical meanings that are often strongly gendered. Currently, there is a disjuncture between biomedical and broader social understandings of feeding, which often leads to conflict in …
Unruly Miracles
Unruly Miracles: Embodied Charisma and Modern Sainthood, from Padre Pio to “Papa Buono”
In January 2002, I stood in a long line within St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. I was waiting my turn to see the preserved body (salma) of Pope John XXIII, otherwise known as "Papa Buono" (the "Good Pope"). As I reached the glass casket, I saw his corpse: pale, silent, and waxy,1 but still recognizable as the man represented in many devotional photographs throughout the Northern Italian Province of Bergamo, Lombardy Region. I was particularly…
The death of Esmin Green: Considering ongoing injustice in psychiatric institutions
Esmin Green died in 2008, in the waiting room of Kings County Psychiatric Hospital in Brooklyn, New York, awaiting an involuntary stay. This case drew wide media attention because she died neglected and face-down on the floor, and her death was caught on video by the hospital’s own cameras. I use this case as an example of how feminist bioethics can offer a unique perspective on power imbalances within social, political, and institutional aspects…
Citizenship and Social Participation: Voting for People with Psychiatric Disabilities
Gender, Race-Ethnicity, and Psychosocial Barriers to Mental Health Care: An Examination of Perceptions and Attitudes among Adults Reporting Unmet Need
Though researchers have described psychosocial barriers to mental health care-seeking, limited research has examined ways in which gender and race-ethnicity are associated with individuals' perceptions and attitudes. This study investigates correlates of psychosocial barriers to mental health care in a population of adults reporting unmet need for mental health care, focusing on gender and race-ethnicity. Data are from the 2002 National Survey on…
Food Fights at the Eu Table: The Gastronomic Assertion of Italian Distinctiveness
Although globalisation and improvements in the agro-industry offer the majority of French consumers increasingly diversified food choices, it seems that this abundance, linked to the notion of a 'food crisis', gives rise to distrust and fear among eaters. In order to master those fears, many people work out an evaluation system for different products which results in a definition of quality different from that of European norms. This chapter is b…
Work, Identity, and Stigma Management in an Italian Mental Health Community
When mental illness prevents an individual from working, the economic burden is obvious, but little attention has been paid to the accompanying loss of social identity. This paper addresses the meanings of work and unemployment for participants in an Italian community mental health center, and it evaluates the role of work therapy in an agricultural setting as a way to regain some social aspects of work or professional identity. The study is base…
Gender, Race-Ethnicity, and Psychosocial Barriers to Mental Health Care: An Examination of Perceptions and Attitudes among Adults Reporting Unmet Need
Though researchers have described psychosocial barriers to mental health care-seeking, limited research has examined ways in which gender and race-ethnicity are associated with individuals' perceptions and attitudes. This study investigates correlates of psychosocial barriers to mental health care in a population of adults reporting unmet need for mental health care, focusing on gender and race-ethnicity. Data are from the 2002 National Survey on…
Work, Identity, and Stigma Management in an Italian Mental Health Community
When mental illness prevents an individual from working, the economic burden is obvious, but little attention has been paid to the accompanying loss of social identity. This paper addresses the meanings of work and unemployment for participants in an Italian community mental health center, and it evaluates the role of work therapy in an agricultural setting as a way to regain some social aspects of work or professional identity. The study is base…
Food Fights at the Eu Table: The Gastronomic Assertion of Italian Distinctiveness
Although globalisation and improvements in the agro-industry offer the majority of French consumers increasingly diversified food choices, it seems that this abundance, linked to the notion of a 'food crisis', gives rise to distrust and fear among eaters. In order to master those fears, many people work out an evaluation system for different products which results in a definition of quality different from that of European norms. This chapter is b…
Work, Identity, and Stigma Management in an Italian Mental Health Community
When mental illness prevents an individual from working, the economic burden is obvious, but little attention has been paid to the accompanying loss of social identity. This paper addresses the meanings of work and unemployment for participants in an Italian community mental health center, and it evaluates the role of work therapy in an agricultural setting as a way to regain some social aspects of work or professional identity. The study is base…
Citizenship and Social Participation: Voting for People with Psychiatric Disabilities
Gender, Race-Ethnicity, and Psychosocial Barriers to Mental Health Care: An Examination of Perceptions and Attitudes among Adults Reporting Unmet Need
Though researchers have described psychosocial barriers to mental health care-seeking, limited research has examined ways in which gender and race-ethnicity are associated with individuals' perceptions and attitudes. This study investigates correlates of psychosocial barriers to mental health care in a population of adults reporting unmet need for mental health care, focusing on gender and race-ethnicity. Data are from the 2002 National Survey on…
The death of Esmin Green: Considering ongoing injustice in psychiatric institutions
Esmin Green died in 2008, in the waiting room of Kings County Psychiatric Hospital in Brooklyn, New York, awaiting an involuntary stay. This case drew wide media attention because she died neglected and face-down on the floor, and her death was caught on video by the hospital’s own cameras. I use this case as an example of how feminist bioethics can offer a unique perspective on power imbalances within social, political, and institutional aspects…
Unruly Miracles: Embodied Charisma and Modern Sainthood, from Padre Pio to “Papa Buono”
In January 2002, I stood in a long line within St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. I was waiting my turn to see the preserved body (salma) of Pope John XXIII, otherwise known as "Papa Buono" (the "Good Pope"). As I reached the glass casket, I saw his corpse: pale, silent, and waxy,1 but still recognizable as the man represented in many devotional photographs throughout the Northern Italian Province of Bergamo, Lombardy Region. I was particularly…
Unruly Miracles
Feeding versus Artificial Nutrition and Hydration: At the Boundaries of Medical Intervention and Social Interaction
This article examines the concept of medical feeding that has emerged in the United States. Artificial nutrition and hydration emphasizes artificiality and medical technology. By contrast, the daily actions of eating and feeding have complex social, cultural, and historical meanings that are often strongly gendered. Currently, there is a disjuncture between biomedical and broader social understandings of feeding, which often leads to conflict in …
Cultural considerations in forgoing enteral feeding: A comparison between the Hong Kong Chinese, North American, and Malaysian Islamic patients with advanced dementia at the end‐of‐life
Cultural competence, a clinical skill to recognise patients' cultural and religious beliefs, is an integral element in patient‐centred medical practice. In the area of death and dying, physicians' understanding of patients' and families' values is essential for the delivery of culturally appropriate care. Dementia is a neurodegenerative condition marked by the decline of cognitive functions. When the condition progresses and deteriorates, patient…
Asylums and Harm Embodiment
This article examines iatrogenic harms incurred by closed-ward psychiatric hospitals. In particular, this article considers roles of narrative in one patient's experience of life-encompassing iatrogenic harm from being institutionalized from infancy to age 60 and also emphasizes Italy's comparative success, relative to the United States, in recovering from decades of deinstitutionalization to establish community-based mental health care
Psychology (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Psychiatry (4 works) · History (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Mental health (3 works) · Social science (3 works)