Commentary: Closing the gender gap in depression through the lived experience of young women - a response to 'Don't mind the gap: Why do we not care about the gender gap in mental health?', Patalay and Demkowicz (2023).
Child Adolesc Ment Health
; 28(2): 344-346, 2023 05.
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ABSTRACT
Most mental health research largely ignores or minimises gender and age differences in depression. In 'Don't mind the gap Why do we not care about the gender gap in mental health?', Patalay and Demkowicz identify a dearth of research on the causal factors of depression in young women. They attribute this to an over-reliance on biological accounts of gender differences in depression. Patalay and Demkowicz conclude that a person-centred approach that meaningfully engages with the reports of young women with depression is more likely to expose the social drivers of depression that impact this group. This commentary focuses on Patalay and Demkowicz's call to examine the patient's lived experience. We argue that there is an urgent need to reflect upon the methodologies involved in examining lived experience and how they can be best utilised. Ultimately, we advocate for an approach known as 'phenomenological psychopathology', through a phenomenological investigation of depression in young women, we can go some way towards closing the gender gap.
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Salud Mental
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Depresión
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
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Female
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Humans
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En
Revista:
Child Adolesc Ment Health
Año:
2023
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Article
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Reino Unido