The Mental Health Status of South Asian Women in Britain
A Review of the UK Literature
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8087597 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Aradhana S Anand (Ladywood Community Mental Health Services, Ladywood, Birmingham, UK, corresponding author), Raymond Cochrane (University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 195-214 |
| Publication date | 2005-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychology and Developing Societies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0971-3336 • E-ISSN: 0973-0761 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/097133360501700207 |
| OpenAlex | W2117213071 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 28 |
| References cited | 40 |
This article reviews the research on the mental health status of South Asian women living in UK. It reports on the findings from epidemiological studies of the prevalence of depression, suicide, parasuicide, deliberate self-harm and eating disorders in this community. Focus is on research studies that describe cultural influences on conceptualisations and expressions of distress, help seeking behaviours and alternative coping strategies. The influence of acculturation and “culture conflict” as they impact upon women's mental health is also highlighted. The review concludes by considering, first, salient cultural and religious concepts identified in studies that may facilitate understanding South Asian women's mental ill health, and second, the urgent need to develop gender, linguistic and culturally sensitive mental health services for women of South Asian origins now citizens of UK
Acculturation · Distress · Environmental health · Ethnic group · Harm · Mental distress · Mental health · Parasuicide · Poison control · Psychiatry · Sociology · Suicide attempt · Suicide prevention · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Clinical Psychology · Social Psychology
Impacts of English language proficiency on healthcare access, use, and outcomes among immigrants
The Quest for Cultural Neutrality Within Psychodynamic Therapy
Teasing apart the role of identity and help-seeking intentions among Arab/Mena and South Asian Muslim Americans
Exploring mental well-being, the emotional impact of visual impairment and experiences of prejudice and discrimination among adults from minority ethnic communities in the UK
Factors affecting intention to access psychological services amongst British Muslims of South Asian origin
Knowledge and beliefs about depression among urban and rural Indian Malaysians
Factors affecting attitude towards seeking professional help for mental illness
Access to Social Capital and Social Support Among South East Asian Women With Severe Mental Health Problems
Double stigma in mental health service use
Appreciative Inquiry as a method of transforming identity and power in Pakistani women
Accessing Mental Health Services
Agency, activation and compatriots
Bangladeshi Immigrants in New York City
Explanatory models of common mental disorders among South Asians in high-income countries
Resisting Fragmentation
La voie de l’intérieur
Stigmatizing attributions towards depression among South Asian and Caucasian college students
As I know, there is nothing there for our people”
Exploring the culturally specific factors of mental health in South Asian minority students in Hong Kong
Families and caring amongst older people in South Asian communities in the UK
The Sociocultural Dynamics of Mental Distress, Migration, and Family Among South Asians in the United States
What is critical appreciation? Insights from studying the critical turn in an appreciative inquiry
Perceptions of Mental Health, Shame and Help‐Seeking Among Sikhs in the UK
Young Muslim Pakistani Women's Lived Experiences of Izzat, Mental Health, and Well-Being
Acculturation, perceived discrimination, and psychological distress
Perceived Discrimination, Identification, Social Capital, and Well-Being
The doctor's medicine and the ambiguity of amulets
Cognitive Behavior Therapy
Migration and mental illness
A cross-cultural study of mental health beliefs and attitudes towards seeking professional help
Anthropology and Psychiatry
A focus group exploration of the impact of izzat, shame, subordination and entrapment on mental health and service use in South Asian women living in Derby
Depression in South Asian women
The influence of religion on the suicide rate
Cross-Cultural Beliefs About "Depression"
Depression in South Asian Women Living in the UK
Suicide patterns and trends in people of Indian subcontinent and Caribbean origin in England and Wales
Service responses to South Asian women who attempt suicide or self-harm
The mental health of immigrants
Religious and ethnic group influences on beliefs about mental illness
Psychopathology and personal agency
Perceived Causes of Suicide Attempts by U.K. South Asian Women
Conceptualizing cultural and gendered identities in psychological therapies
Sinking heart
Cultural stereotypes of women from South Asian communities
Assessing the Prevalence of Depression in Punjabi and English Primary Care Attenders
| Unique citing works | 28 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,75 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2026 (17) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 28 |