The mental health impact of caste and structural inequalities in higher education in India
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2395370 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Vignapana Komanapalli (0000-0002-5457-7070, University of Washington, corresponding author), Deepa Rao (0000-0003-4076-0170, University of Washington) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 392-403 |
| Publication date | 2021-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Transcultural Psychiatric Research Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0041-1108 • E-ISSN: 0315-4386 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1363461520963862 |
| PMID | 33131461 |
| OpenAlex | W3096312704 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 16 |
This study aimed to identify how mental health practice and policy in India can better address the needs of Dalit women and men in Indian institutions of higher education. Left unexamined, psychiatric and mental health practices and policies have become complicit in a legal and political network that actively denies the reality of caste discrimination in modern India. Frequently, Dalit students who choose to end their lives are described as having personal problems and depression, which enables institutional authorities to circumvent legal justice against caste discrimination and violence. Using an anthropological methodology of close readings of Dalit biographies and a review of ethnographic research, government reports, and online documentaries on the experiences of Dalit men and women, this study suggests that mental health practice and policy can change confidentiality laws, decriminalize student support groups, and build networks of institutional and policy support for Dalit students
Caste · Confidentiality · Criminology · Economic growth · Economic Justice · Government (linguistics · Inequality · Mental health · Political science · Politics · Psychiatry · Sociology · Gender Studies · Law · Optimism, Hope, and Well-being · Psychology · South Asian Studies and Conflicts · South Asian Studies and Diaspora
Navigating Academic Belonging in India
Exploring Narratives of Victimization, Resistance, and Resilience Among Dalits Using Thematic Analysis
Laying the Ground for a Critical Psychology of Caste
Unequal higher educational attainment across social backgrounds in West Bengal, India
Contemporary meaning of caste discrimination in Indian universities
Dalit Women’s Writings at the Intersection of Illness and Disability
Caste, mental health and self-harm
Constructing the Self at the Intersection of Gender and Caste
Unheard Voices
Dalit Women's Education in Modern India
Emotion Theory and Research
Barriers to improvement of mental health services in low-income and middle-income countries
Suicide mortality in India
The Sage Handbook of Qualitative Research in Psychology
Social Exclusion and Mental Health
Caste from Below
HIV Stigma Among Black Women in the United States
Red Sun in the Blue Sky’
The Embodiment of Caste
| Citations per year | 2.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |