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{"title":"Reconstructing a niche sociality during the postpartum period: A qualitative study about the experience of becoming a mother as an immigrant in Switzerland","authors":"Patricia Perrenoud ,&nbsp;Rachel Demolis ,&nbsp;Ferec Eva ,&nbsp;Mélodie Galvez Broux ,&nbsp;Fanny Perret ,&nbsp;Caroline Chautems ,&nbsp;Christelle Kaech","doi":"10.1016/j.ssmmh.2024.100303","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmmh.2024.100303","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Epidemiological studies conducted in high-income countries have shown that immigrant mothers and their children suffer from an augmented morbidity and mortality, including with regard to their mental health. Drawing on the “niche sociality” concept (Manning et al., 2023) as an analytic tool, our paper aims to analyze the postpartum experience of immigrant mothers in Switzerland as well as the circumstances to which these mothers connect their experience and often their distress. This qualitative study included semidirected interviews with immigrant mothers (n=20) and with the health and social care professionals who cared for them (n=26) as well as ethnographic observations. We conducted a thematic analysis and triangulated the data produced with mothers themselves and professionals. Immigrant mothers shared mixed feelings regarding their experience. They often lived their maternity while experiencing a gendered loneliness. As members of transnational families, they dearly missed their relatives living abroad. Their position as new mothers and as immigrant persons comprised complex sociomaterial ordeals related to their (un)employment, housing, and sociality. Drawing from their practice in the community, professionals' narratives completed mothers'. Professionals critiqued the unequal access to quality health care as well as the petty measures that interfered with mothers' and infants’ safety that were taken by street-level bureaucrats (Lipsky, 2010 (1980)). Reflexive and engaging, mothers shared sensible and nuanced narratives about their experience and initiatives to rebuild their niche sociality.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":74861,"journal":{"name":"SSM. Mental health","volume":"5 ","pages":"Article 100303"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666560324000082/pdfft?md5=eb0313b13c2fbe4559cc31e5326f9540&pid=1-s2.0-S2666560324000082-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139942135","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Parental Gender Affirmation Model: A culturally informed framework","authors":"Stanley R. Vance Jr. ,&nbsp;Luz Venegas ,&nbsp;Jack Johnson ,&nbsp;Anita V. Chaphekar ,&nbsp;Anoushka Sinha ,&nbsp;Deepika D. Parmar ,&nbsp;Jae Sevelius","doi":"10.1016/j.ssmmh.2024.100304","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmmh.2024.100304","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Benefits of parental gender-affirming behaviors on the mental health and well-being of the broader gender-expansive youth population have been extensively documented. However, the nature and impact of these behaviors have not been explored by centering Black and Latine transgender/non-binary youth (BLTY). This article offers a new framework called the “Parental Gender Affirmation Model.” This framework conceptualizes parental gender-affirming behaviors toward BLTY through the lenses of intersectional stigma and cultural gender norms and uses the Theory of Planned Behavior and Modified Gender Affirmation Model as foundational frameworks. We analyzed qualitative data from 43 interviews with BLTY, parents of BLTY, and Black and Latine transgender/non-binary young adults from California in the United States to develop the framework. The “Parental Gender Affirmation Model” starts with behavioral antecedents and ends with impacts of these behaviors on BLTY's well-being. This framework will inform the development of critically needed, culturally-informed interventions to support parental gender affirmation of BLTY.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":74861,"journal":{"name":"SSM. Mental health","volume":"5 ","pages":"Article 100304"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666560324000094/pdfft?md5=7b051ddac573b175a6e0ec33fd810f93&pid=1-s2.0-S2666560324000094-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139945133","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Cross-cultural equivalence of the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10) across four African countries in a multi-national study of adults","authors":"Amantia A. Ametaj ,&nbsp;Christy A. Denckla ,&nbsp;Anne Stevenson ,&nbsp;Rocky E. Stroud II ,&nbsp;Jasmine Hall ,&nbsp;Linnet Ongeri ,&nbsp;Barkot Milkias ,&nbsp;Jacob Hoffman ,&nbsp;Molly Naisanga ,&nbsp;Dickens Akena ,&nbsp;Joseph Kyebuzibwa ,&nbsp;Edith K. Kwobah ,&nbsp;Lukoye Atwoli ,&nbsp;Stella Gichuru ,&nbsp;Solomon Teferra ,&nbsp;Melkam Alemayehu ,&nbsp;Zukiswa Zingela ,&nbsp;Dan J. Stein ,&nbsp;Adele Pretorius ,&nbsp;Charles R.J.C. Newton ,&nbsp;Bizu Gelaye","doi":"10.1016/j.ssmmh.2024.100300","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ssmmh.2024.100300","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10) has been widely used to screen psychological distress across many countries. However, its performance has not been extensively studied in Africa. The present study sought to evaluate and compare measurement properties of the K10 across four African countries: Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, and South Africa. Our hypothesis is that the measure will show equivalence across all.</p><p>Data are drawn from a neuropsychiatric genetic study among adult participants (<em>N</em> = 9179) from general medical settings in Ethiopia (<em>n</em> = 1928), Kenya (<em>n</em> = 2556), Uganda (<em>n</em> = 2104), and South Africa (<em>n</em> = 2591). A unidimensional model with correlated errors was tested for equivalence across study countries using confirmatory factor analyses and the alignment optimization method. Results displayed 30 % noninvariance (i.e., variation) for both intercepts and factor loadings across all countries. Monte Carlo simulations showed a correlation of 0.998, a good replication of population values, indicating minimal noninvariance, or variation. Items “so nervous,” “lack of energy/effortful tasks,” and “tired” were consistently equivalent for intercepts and factor loadings, respectively. However, items “depressed” and “so depressed” consistently differed across study countries (R² = 0) for intercepts and factor loadings for both items.</p><p>The K10 scale likely functions equivalently across the four countries for most items, except “depressed” and “so depressed.” Differences in K10 items were more common in Kenya and Ethiopia, suggesting cultural context may influence the interpretation of some items and the potential need for cultural adaptations in these countries.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":74861,"journal":{"name":"SSM. Mental health","volume":"5 ","pages":"Article 100300"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666560324000057/pdfft?md5=1147f2b5636f637bc0c867f8781618da&pid=1-s2.0-S2666560324000057-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139816438","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Sexual orientation-related disparities in perinatal mental health among a prospective cohort study","authors":"Kodiak R.S. Soled ,&nbsp;Sarah McKetta ,&nbsp;Payal Chakraborty ,&nbsp;Colleen A. Reynolds ,&nbsp;S. Bryn Austin ,&nbsp;Jorge E. Chavarro ,&nbsp;A. Heather Eliassen ,&nbsp;Siwen Wang ,&nbsp;Sebastien Haneuse ,&nbsp;Brittany M. Charlton","doi":"10.1016/j.ssmmh.2024.100301","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ssmmh.2024.100301","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Sexually minoritized women (SMW) may be at an increased risk of adverse perinatal mental health, though prior research is limited. We examined sexual orientation-related differences in perinatal mental health (i.e., stress and depression), and antidepressant utilization among those at different severities of clinically significant perinatal depressive symptoms.</p><p>Nurses’ Health Study 3 participants with prospectively assessed pregnancies (N = 6,364) received pregnancy and postpartum questionnaires. Using weighted log-binomial generalized estimating equations, we examined differences in stress (Perceived Stress Scale 4 [PSS-4]), depression (the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale [EDPS] at four cut-off scores [≥7, ≥9, ≥11, ≥13]), and patterns of antidepressant utilization across five groups: completely heterosexual with no same-sex sexual partners (reference group; n = 5,178); heterosexual with same-sex sexual partners (n = 245); mostly heterosexual (n = 770); bisexual (n = 106); and lesbian (n = 47).</p><p>Compared to the completely heterosexual reference group, SMW reported increased stress during pregnancy (adjusted risk ratio [ARR]: 1.14, 95% confidence interval [1.02–1.28]). SMW reported an elevated risk of pregnancy depression at every EDPS score cutoff, with the magnitude of the disparity increasing as the score increased (ARRs: 1.09 [1.00–1.20]; 1.20 [1.05–1.36]; 1.37 [1.16–1.63]; 1.49 [1.18–1.89] for EDPS scores ≥7, ≥9, ≥11, ≥13, respectively). Disparities were highest in magnitude among the mostly heterosexual and bisexual subgroups. Utilization of postpartum antidepressants increased among the reference group with increasing symptom severity but was only associated at the highest score (≥13) among SMW subgroups.</p><p>SMW have increased risks of pregnancy stress and depression and are more likely to use perinatal antidepressants; mostly heterosexual and bisexual individuals had the highest risk of antidepressant use. Postpartum symptom severity closely corresponded to antidepressant use among completely heterosexual, but not SMW—suggesting disparities in mental health treatment. Further research priorities include determining the causes of these disparities and appropriately tailored solutions.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":74861,"journal":{"name":"SSM. Mental health","volume":"5 ","pages":"Article 100301"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666560324000069/pdfft?md5=c78a1a255456ce92ad6265f7740c879a&pid=1-s2.0-S2666560324000069-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139875003","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"PTSD and complex PTSD manifestations in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review of qualitative literature","authors":"Marion Bovey ,&nbsp;Nadine Hosny ,&nbsp;Felicia Dutray ,&nbsp;Eva Heim","doi":"10.1016/j.ssmmh.2024.100298","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ssmmh.2024.100298","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD) was introduced in the ICD-11 as a new diagnosis and was framed in accordance with WHO guidelines of clinical utility and cross-cultural applicability. CPTSD diagnosis comprises PTSD symptoms in addition to specific symptoms related to the organization of the self (DSO). Cross-cultural validity of the DSO symptoms is still being debated as cultural norms significantly influence how individuals perceive themselves and manage their emotions and relationships. The aim of this systematic review was to understand how PTSD and DSO symptoms were experienced and expressed by individuals from Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) by exploring qualitative literature. Searches were conducted on nine databases using search terms for countries, methods, symptoms, and trauma exposure. Fifty studies were included. Results confirmed the presence of the three DSO clusters. However, their manifestation differed significantly from the defined diagnostic criteria, highlighting the importance of considering cultural factors in the diagnostic process. Additionally, the review indicated that structural factors played significant roles in shaping the interpretation of trauma-related distress in this cultural context. Thus, we propose to create and implement a cultural module as an add on to the actual CPTSD assessment tools to account for cultural and structural variations in the SSA population and improve diagnosis accuracy. In this perspective, more emic research is needed to gain a deeper understanding of how trauma-related distress is perceived, experienced, and interpreted in SSA.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":74861,"journal":{"name":"SSM. Mental health","volume":"5 ","pages":"Article 100298"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666560324000033/pdfft?md5=1ae0ae92132c3d4c1306b10b76485c36&pid=1-s2.0-S2666560324000033-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139635273","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Engaging Mozambican men in a couple-based therapy to reduce intimate partner violence and improve mental health: Community stakeholders’ perspectives","authors":"Jennifer J. Mootz ,&nbsp;Palmira Fortunato dos Santos ,&nbsp;Katia dos Santos ,&nbsp;Sandra Stith ,&nbsp;Milton L. Wainberg ,&nbsp;John Oliffe","doi":"10.1016/j.ssmmh.2024.100297","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ssmmh.2024.100297","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74861,"journal":{"name":"SSM. Mental health","volume":"5 ","pages":"Article 100297"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666560324000021/pdfft?md5=f7506437f2a3826505b2c8ec67bb7f46&pid=1-s2.0-S2666560324000021-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139639565","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Real men don't talk? Relationships among depressiveness, loneliness, conformity to masculine norms, and male non-disclosure of mental distress","authors":"Anna J.M. Wagner ,&nbsp;Doreen Reifegerste","doi":"10.1016/j.ssmmh.2024.100296","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ssmmh.2024.100296","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Men are a particularly challenging group when it comes to mental health communication. Non-disclosure of mental distress is quite common among men in general, and even more so among depressed men – despite its detrimental effects on health. Motivating men to share their mental distress with trusted social contacts serves as a vital first step in addressing and improving their mental health – both for those men who are affected by mental illness and those who are not. To overcome the barriers to communicating about mental distress, knowledge about the aspects associated with non-disclosure is indispensable. Bringing together assumptions from interpersonal communication and (mental) health communication literature, we propose a conceptual model of the relationships among depressiveness, loneliness, conformity to masculine norms, number of trusted social contacts, and non-disclosure of mental distress. To empirically test our model, we conducted a cross-sectional online survey with 1,400 men in Germany. Findings largely substantiate our model. They show that a higher depressiveness is positively associated with men's non-disclosure of mental distress – both directly and mediated through several other variables. Loneliness emerged as an important mediating factor, with a higher depressiveness being linked to higher loneliness, which increased the likelihood for men's non-disclosure. Depressiveness was also associated with a higher conformity to traditional masculine norms, again making non-disclosure of mental distress more probable.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":74861,"journal":{"name":"SSM. Mental health","volume":"5 ","pages":"Article 100296"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266656032400001X/pdfft?md5=3a7c847889c2822d558d9a906eb506bb&pid=1-s2.0-S266656032400001X-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139393606","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Child mental health and educational attainment: Longitudinal evidence from the UK","authors":"Matthew van Poortvliet","doi":"10.1016/j.ssmmh.2023.100294","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ssmmh.2023.100294","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>There has been a recent spike in children's mental health problems and lost learning due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This study assesses the relationship between social, emotional and behavioural problems and academic attainment across the whole of mainstream schooling (ages 5–16). It uses a rich longitudinal dataset from the UK linked to national data on school records (N = 7,219), individual fixed effects, and repeated measures of mental health and attainment. It finds that within-individual changes in mental health across childhood predict changes in attainment, with hyperactivity and inattention the behaviours most strongly linked to adverse attainment outcomes. These difficulties are disproportionately seen in summer-born boys and those from disadvantaged backgrounds. The negative relationship with attainment strengthens as children progress through school, and affects children with problems mild enough that they would never be diagnosed. Schools and health services can gain important insights about a child's educational trajectory based on brief behavioural information obtained from parents.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":74861,"journal":{"name":"SSM. Mental health","volume":"5 ","pages":"Article 100294"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666560323001093/pdfft?md5=bd5b94cd9f3f31bdad85f0f1749f88c7&pid=1-s2.0-S2666560323001093-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139192548","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The imperative of lived experience for ME/CFS and long COVID research: What to make of patient stories","authors":"V. Jo Hsu","doi":"10.1016/j.ssmmh.2023.100291","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmmh.2023.100291","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74861,"journal":{"name":"SSM. Mental health","volume":"5 ","pages":"Article 100291"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666560323001068/pdfft?md5=b9eb37ca2f762e13ecd34cb31dc0a61e&pid=1-s2.0-S2666560323001068-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139107399","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Responding to structural inequities: Coping strategies among immigrant women during COVID-19","authors":"Tara F. Abularrage ,&nbsp;Heather M. Wurtz ,&nbsp;Goleen Samari","doi":"10.1016/j.ssmmh.2023.100293","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmmh.2023.100293","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Examining coping strategies and resilience among immigrant communities reflects a commitment to working with immigrant communities to understand their needs while also identifying and building upon their strengths. In the United States, the physical, emotional, and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic intersected with existing structural inequities to produce distinct challenges and stressors related to the pandemic, immigration, caregiving responsibilities, and structural xenophobia. Leveraging an understanding of the multilevel effects of stress, this qualitative study explores individual, interpersonal, and community-level coping strategies immigrant women used to respond to, alleviate, or reduce distress related to these compounding stressors. Using semi-structured in-depth interviews conducted in 2020 and 2021 with 44 first- and second-generation cisgender immigrant women from different national origins and 19 direct service providers serving immigrant communities in New York City, data were coded and analyzed using a constant comparative approach. Four central themes were identified: caregiving as a source of strength, leveraging resources, social connections, and community support. While women described a range of coping strategies they used to manage stressors and challenges, perspectives from direct service providers also connect these coping strategies to the harm-generating institutions, policies, and structures that produce and uphold structural oppression and inequities. Accounts from service providers point to the detrimental long-term effects of prolonged coping, underscoring a duality between resilience and vulnerability. Exploring the coping strategies cisgender immigrant women used to ease distress and promote resilience during a period of heightened structural vulnerability is critical to centering the experiences of immigrant women while simultaneously directing attention towards addressing the fundamental causes of cumulative disadvantage and the systems and structures through which it is transmitted.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":74861,"journal":{"name":"SSM. Mental health","volume":"5 ","pages":"Article 100293"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666560323001081/pdfft?md5=e1f313758623f74d5f4e77d78d40a40f&pid=1-s2.0-S2666560323001081-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139107398","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}