Mckeown, M., Robertson, S. orcid.org/0000-0002-5683-363X, Habte-Mariam, Z. et al. (1 more author) (2008) Masculinity and emasculation for black men in modern mental health care. Ethnicity and Inequalities in Health and Social Care, 1 (1). pp. 42-51. ISSN 1757-0980
Abstract
This paper reports on key findings from the practice survey wing of a broader knowledge review into mental health advocacy with African and Caribbean men funded by the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE). Selected themes from the analysis are discussed in the light of theory regarding ethnicity, masculinity and mental health. Conclusions are drawn that suggest that understandings of mental health and advocacy within black communities are congruent with ideologies of holism, recovery and transformational goals for services and society at large. This is in contrast to experiences in mainstream mental health services which privilege a relatively narrow medical model and treatments that are emasculating. The empowerment and emancipatory potential wrapped up in both individual and collective notions of advocacy can be seen as one part of a resistance to oppressive practices and a means of reclaiming personal efficacy and potency by virtue of challenging emasculation in services.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Authors/Creators: |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 |
Keywords: | Masculinity; Mental health; Advocacy; Ethnicity |
Dates: |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health (Sheffield) > School of Nursing and Midwifery (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 12 Sep 2018 14:29 |
Last Modified: | 12 Sep 2018 14:29 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1108/17570980200800007 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Emerald |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1108/17570980200800007 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:132258 |