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'The Day I Die Is The Day I Will Find My Peace': Narratives of Family, Marriage, and Violence Among Women Living With Serious Mental Illness in India
- Source :
- Violence Against Women. 28:966-990
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- SAGE Publications, 2021.
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Abstract
- In India, there is limited research on the nature of familial relationships and domestic violence that women living with serious mental illness (SMI) experience. Using the self-in-relation theory and through 34 in-depth interviews, I explored narratives related to family, marriage, and violence in familial relationships among women living with SMI at a psychiatric institution in an urban city in India. These narratives are critical because they highlight how the presence of mental illness exacerbates the violence women experience. Informed by participants’ narratives, I offer specific recommendations on creating gender-sensitive mental health care that is mindful of women’s social realities.
- Subjects :
- Domestic Violence
medicine.medical_specialty
Narration
Sociology and Political Science
Mental Disorders
050901 criminology
05 social sciences
India
050109 social psychology
Mental illness
medicine.disease
Gender Studies
Mental Health
medicine
Humans
Domestic violence
Female
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Narrative
Marriage
0509 other social sciences
Psychology
Psychiatry
Law
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15528448 and 10778012
- Volume :
- 28
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Violence Against Women
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....53f255c98077a2dec985f9c3205f9580