Maria Liegghio
Biographic Data
| ID | 4250208 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maria Liegghio |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maria |
| FAMILY NAME | Liegghio |
| SIGNATURE | LIEGGHIO M |
| AFFILIATIONS | York University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2036-9484 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 38 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Contending with the “adult gaze” in Mad Studies
Drawing on mad studies as a field of scholarship, critical and feminist perspectives, and my experiences as a participatory action researcher, I consider the ethical and epistemological tensions associated with conducting research with children and youth positioned as “mental health service-users”. Specifically, I discuss the tensions associated with the “adult gaze”, our power and authority as adults over children and the ways in which “being an…
An Open Letter to the consumer/Survivor Movement? My Mad (Dis)locations as a Daughter within the Psychiatric System – A Message for the children’s Mental Health System
Despartares Decoloniales
We explore the implications of the concept of territorio cuerpo-tierra for conducting research on women's resilience to trauma and post-COVID-19 pandemic recovery in El Salvador, Central America. Cuerpo-territorio forces a reconceptualization of women's realities as bound to the embodiment of the geo-politics of gender, body, and land as territories, and thus, their realities as bound to the histories and temporality of those as territories. Thro…
He/his/she/her/father/mother/son/daughter
In this research note, we present a critical moment we had as a research team in our work preparing qualitative data for its analysis in which an unanticipated social justice issue was triggered. The moment was related to determining the best ways to anonymize the information-in particular, how to replace what were perceived as 'male' and 'female' gendered names, family relationships, and roles with the labels of 'she/her/mother/daughter' or 'he/…
Allyship and solidarity, not therapy, in child and youth mental health
While globally advances have been made to recognize children as social actors in their own right, for psychiatrized young people their experiences of distress are often seen as a limitation and thus used as a justification for denying their meaningful participation in matters of concern to their lives. However, what would it mean if ‘mental illness’ was not seen as a ‘limitation’, but rather as an ‘epistemological position’ from which the social …
Covid-19 and Youth Living in Poverty
COVID-19 hit and instantaneously research using in-person methods were paused. As feminist and critical social work scholars and researchers, we began to consider the implications of pausing our ongoing project exploring the provisioning and resilience of youth living in low-income, lone mother households. Reflexively, we wondered how the youth, families, and issues we were connected to would be impacted by the pandemic. We were pulled into both …
Challenging Social Work Epistemology in Children’s Mental Health
Broadly, social work epistemology—what we know and how we know what we know—in child and adolescent mental health is dominated by professional discourses about the merits of evidence-based practice (EBP). As an approach to client-work and professional decision making, EBP is promoted as ‘the’ standard for an effective, efficient and ethical practice. Yet, as a discipline, have we failed to consider the ways our adoption of EBP may inadvertently c…
Not a good person’
The purpose of this paper is to critically examine family stigma as one form of the stigma of mental illness in child and youth mental health. Presented are the outcomes of a thematic content analysis of in‐depth, semi‐structured interviews conducted with seven ( n = 7) young siblings, ages 13 to 21 years old, with a brother or sister identified as having a mental‐health issue. The focus of the interviews was on the ways the siblings experienced …
Over 1000 Aluminium Cans for Forty Dollars
In this article, as a child and family mental health therapist, I connect the feminist concept of ‘provisioning’ and the experiences of ‘young carers’ to critically examine the family care contributions made by older children living in poverty. I present the findings of a qualitative study consisting of two focus groups in which ten ( n = 10) welfare‐reliant lone mothers living in T oronto, C anada described the nature and significance of the con…
Why Are You Talking to Me Like I’m Stupid?”
Based on the analysis of qualitative, semi-structured interviews conducted with 92 welfare-reliant lone mothers living across Canada, this article explores the “micro-aggressions” experienced by these women in their interactions with the social welfare system. Micro-aggressions refer to the verbal and nonverbal, relational exchanges that send denigrating messages to persons of marginalized and discriminated against social groups. From the analysi…
Partnering with Children Diagnosed with Mental Health Issues
This paper explores the use of participatory action research (PAR) with children diagnosed with mental health issues. We argue that critiques from the sociology of childhood are useful for guiding PAR with children. First, we describe and critique values and assumptions that underlie research and practice with children who experience mental health issues. Second, we outline key qualities of the sociology of childhood, discuss their implications f…
Covid-19 and Youth Living in Poverty
COVID-19 hit and instantaneously research using in-person methods were paused. As feminist and critical social work scholars and researchers, we began to consider the implications of pausing our ongoing project exploring the provisioning and resilience of youth living in low-income, lone mother households. Reflexively, we wondered how the youth, families, and issues we were connected to would be impacted by the pandemic. We were pulled into both …
Why Are You Talking to Me Like I’m Stupid?”
Based on the analysis of qualitative, semi-structured interviews conducted with 92 welfare-reliant lone mothers living across Canada, this article explores the “micro-aggressions” experienced by these women in their interactions with the social welfare system. Micro-aggressions refer to the verbal and nonverbal, relational exchanges that send denigrating messages to persons of marginalized and discriminated against social groups. From the analysi…
Not a good person’
The purpose of this paper is to critically examine family stigma as one form of the stigma of mental illness in child and youth mental health. Presented are the outcomes of a thematic content analysis of in‐depth, semi‐structured interviews conducted with seven ( n = 7) young siblings, ages 13 to 21 years old, with a brother or sister identified as having a mental‐health issue. The focus of the interviews was on the ways the siblings experienced …
Partnering with Children Diagnosed with Mental Health Issues
This paper explores the use of participatory action research (PAR) with children diagnosed with mental health issues. We argue that critiques from the sociology of childhood are useful for guiding PAR with children. First, we describe and critique values and assumptions that underlie research and practice with children who experience mental health issues. Second, we outline key qualities of the sociology of childhood, discuss their implications f…
Partnering with Children Diagnosed with Mental Health Issues
This paper explores the use of participatory action research (PAR) with children diagnosed with mental health issues. We argue that critiques from the sociology of childhood are useful for guiding PAR with children. First, we describe and critique values and assumptions that underlie research and practice with children who experience mental health issues. Second, we outline key qualities of the sociology of childhood, discuss their implications f…
Over 1000 Aluminium Cans for Forty Dollars
In this article, as a child and family mental health therapist, I connect the feminist concept of ‘provisioning’ and the experiences of ‘young carers’ to critically examine the family care contributions made by older children living in poverty. I present the findings of a qualitative study consisting of two focus groups in which ten ( n = 10) welfare‐reliant lone mothers living in T oronto, C anada described the nature and significance of the con…
Why Are You Talking to Me Like I’m Stupid?”
Based on the analysis of qualitative, semi-structured interviews conducted with 92 welfare-reliant lone mothers living across Canada, this article explores the “micro-aggressions” experienced by these women in their interactions with the social welfare system. Micro-aggressions refer to the verbal and nonverbal, relational exchanges that send denigrating messages to persons of marginalized and discriminated against social groups. From the analysi…
Not a good person’
The purpose of this paper is to critically examine family stigma as one form of the stigma of mental illness in child and youth mental health. Presented are the outcomes of a thematic content analysis of in‐depth, semi‐structured interviews conducted with seven ( n = 7) young siblings, ages 13 to 21 years old, with a brother or sister identified as having a mental‐health issue. The focus of the interviews was on the ways the siblings experienced …
Challenging Social Work Epistemology in Children’s Mental Health
Broadly, social work epistemology—what we know and how we know what we know—in child and adolescent mental health is dominated by professional discourses about the merits of evidence-based practice (EBP). As an approach to client-work and professional decision making, EBP is promoted as ‘the’ standard for an effective, efficient and ethical practice. Yet, as a discipline, have we failed to consider the ways our adoption of EBP may inadvertently c…
Allyship and solidarity, not therapy, in child and youth mental health
While globally advances have been made to recognize children as social actors in their own right, for psychiatrized young people their experiences of distress are often seen as a limitation and thus used as a justification for denying their meaningful participation in matters of concern to their lives. However, what would it mean if ‘mental illness’ was not seen as a ‘limitation’, but rather as an ‘epistemological position’ from which the social …
Covid-19 and Youth Living in Poverty
COVID-19 hit and instantaneously research using in-person methods were paused. As feminist and critical social work scholars and researchers, we began to consider the implications of pausing our ongoing project exploring the provisioning and resilience of youth living in low-income, lone mother households. Reflexively, we wondered how the youth, families, and issues we were connected to would be impacted by the pandemic. We were pulled into both …
He/his/she/her/father/mother/son/daughter
In this research note, we present a critical moment we had as a research team in our work preparing qualitative data for its analysis in which an unanticipated social justice issue was triggered. The moment was related to determining the best ways to anonymize the information-in particular, how to replace what were perceived as 'male' and 'female' gendered names, family relationships, and roles with the labels of 'she/her/mother/daughter' or 'he/…
Despartares Decoloniales
We explore the implications of the concept of territorio cuerpo-tierra for conducting research on women's resilience to trauma and post-COVID-19 pandemic recovery in El Salvador, Central America. Cuerpo-territorio forces a reconceptualization of women's realities as bound to the embodiment of the geo-politics of gender, body, and land as territories, and thus, their realities as bound to the histories and temporality of those as territories. Thro…
Contending with the “adult gaze” in Mad Studies
Drawing on mad studies as a field of scholarship, critical and feminist perspectives, and my experiences as a participatory action researcher, I consider the ethical and epistemological tensions associated with conducting research with children and youth positioned as “mental health service-users”. Specifically, I discuss the tensions associated with the “adult gaze”, our power and authority as adults over children and the ways in which “being an…
An Open Letter to the consumer/Survivor Movement? My Mad (Dis)locations as a Daughter within the Psychiatric System – A Message for the children’s Mental Health System
Sociology (9 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Mental health (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works) · Psychiatry (4 works) · Qualitative research (4 works) · Social science (4 works) · Children's Rights and Participation (3 works)