Mujeres abnegadas
The influence of gender expectations on the psychiatric encounter in Mexico
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2395464 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alyssa Marie Ramírez Stege (0000-0002-9296-1225, University of Wisconsin–Madison, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 767-781 |
| Publication date | 2022-12-01 |
| 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 | 10.1177/13634615221079134 |
| PMID | 35166596 |
| OpenAlex | W4212879922 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 43 |
Theories on the cause of mental and emotional distress contribute to illness course and treatment. The theorizing of women's experience 'as problem' has been widely critiqued by feminist psychologists yet continues in clinical practice. This qualitative study reports on data collected in a psychiatric outpatient clinic in south/central Mexico on the culturally embedded causal theories of mental illness among Mexican patients, a family member or caregiver, and their psychiatrists. The author reports on the influence of gender expectations and the view of 'women as problem' in Mexico. Specifically, stakeholders considered that the idea of ' mujeres abnegadas' (self-sacrificing women) was the cause of illness in female patients diagnosed with depressive or anxiety-related disorders. In the face of gendered violence and abuse, Mexican women were expected to be silent and submissive, to suppress their thoughts and feelings, and to endure (' aguantar') their experiences to conform to gender-based expectations, and psychiatrists expressed little hope of alleviating women's suffering. The author discusses her findings in the context of broader sociocultural factors and globalizing forces in psychological theory and practice and provides future directions to help de-pathologize patients' distress, broaden awareness of the contextual forces that influence distress, and galvanize appropriate resources and support
Anxiety · Context (archaeology · Developmental psychology · Distress · Feeling · Gender role · Mental health · Mental illness · Outpatient clinic · Psychiatry · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Child Abuse and Trauma · Clinical Psychology · Medicine · Mental Health Treatment and Access · Psychology · Social Psychology
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
The Great Psychotherapy Debate
The quest for universal health coverage
Phenomenology
Conducting qualitative research in mental health
Therapists’ Multicultural Orientation
Lawful Sinners
Symptomatic differences between the sexes in rural Mexico
Evaluación del sistema de salud mental en México
Como debe ser, como Dios manda
The Weakness of Family Ties and Their Perpetuating Effects on Gender Violence
Empowerment and Physical Violence Throughout Women's Reproductive Life In Mexico
Industry’s colonization of psychiatry
Diagnosing difficult women and pathologising femininity
Between Support and Vulnerability
No More! Women Reporting Intimate Partner Violence in Mexico
A History of the Future
Reconceptualizing Multicultural Counseling
Using thematic analysis in psychology
Qualitative inquiry and research design
Critical cultural awareness
Microaggressions and the reproduction of social inequalities in medical encounters in Mexico
Gender, domestic violence and sickness in Mexico
Culture in la clínica
| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |