Dealing with it: Black Caribbean women's response to adversity and psychological distress associated with pregnancy, childbirth, and early motherhood

Edge, Dawn; Rogers, Anne

doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.11.047

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“…Focus groups were used, in part, to examine the apparent contradiction in previous women's accounts of black Caribbeans' unwillingness to openly discuss psychological problems while simultaneously espousing the importance of peer support. 8 As this was a qualitative study, participants did not constitute a statistically representative sample; instead, women were purposefully selected to represent a range of perspectives and experiences that would facilitate insight into the issues that might contribute to low levels of diagnosed perinatal depression in this ethnic group. Inclusion criteria included self-identification as 'black Caribbean' and being aged 18 or over.…”

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“…• negative experiences of services by black and minority ethnic (BME) communities in general, and black Caribbeans in particular, result in fear, mistrust, and reluctance to engage with mental health services; 8,9 and • black Caribbean women's beliefs about mental illness, their fear of stigma, and their help-seeking approaches -central to which is a strong external locus of control and self-reliance. …”

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‘It's leaflet, leaflet, leaflet then, “see you later”’: black Caribbean women's perceptions of perinatal mental health care

Edge

2011

Br J Gen Pract

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‘It's leaflet, leaflet, leaflet then, “see you later”’: black Caribbean women's perceptions of perinatal mental health care

Edge

2011

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“…Nor has this developing body of work addressed an implicit corollary to this belief-that Black women, as "strong" women, are culturally protected from depression (Edge and Rogers 2005). The need for a broader conceptualization of silencing within femininities is evident given the consistent finding in epidemiological studies that racial minority status and poverty are associated with elevated rates of depression among women, particularly during their childbearing and childrearing years (Seifert et al 2000).…”

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Listening Past the Lies that Make Us Sick: A Voice-Centered Analysis of Strength and Depression among Black Women

Beauboeuf–Lafontant

2008

Qual Sociol

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An emerging feminist paradigm likens depression to silencing, as women disconnect from important aspects of their realities in an attempt to meet cultural standards of feminine goodness. While offering a provocative re-evaluation of hegemonic feminine norms and depressive episodes, little in this literature explores connections between silencing and depression within other, non-white constructions of feminine goodness. Employing a voice-centered method that illuminates areas of conflict between cultural scripts and individual meaning making, I forward that being strong is both the depiction of Black feminine goodness and an important contributor to depressive episodes. Drawing on interview data from a nonclinical sample of 58 Black women, I illustrate three depressionrelevant aspects of Black women's gendered experiences: the promotion of their stoicism, silence, and selflessness through the prevailing discourse of the "strong Black woman"; the active suppression of discourse-discrepant realities which the women associate with depressive experiences; and the psychological healing attendant on supplanting this discourse with experience-based knowledge of their social realities. Voice-centeredness, I conclude, brings a needed sensitivity to depression as a racialized and gendered experience of distress tied to the normative conditions of Black women's lives.Keywords Depression . Silencing . Voice . Strength . Black women The silencing paradigm: A feminist understanding of depression Many women in our society live in an untenable position, wedged between sociocultural expectations and their own human growth potential.... Yet women thirst to be more than the roles and behaviors that are ascribed to them, and therein lies the trap of depression. (Schreiber 1996, p. 490) To explain the fact that women are overwhelmingly the victims of depression, some feminist theorists and researchers have argued that its incidence is tied to normative

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“…Despite this value, however, more Caucasians received spiritual assistance than did minorities. These findings could be reflective of some evidence that some minorities (e,g,: Black Caribbean women in the United Kingdom) reject postpartum mental health symptoms and resort to resilience and empowerment to maximize psychological well-being in a society where being "strong" in the midst of adversity is a way to manage racism (Edge & Rogers, 2005). …”

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Desired assistance versus care received for postpartum depression: access to care differences by race

Zittel-Palamara

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Arch Womens Ment Health

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One in seven women who have a baby will experience postpartum depression. Although there are many treatments for postpartum depression, many women do not receive assistance. When left untreated, this condition can have a deleterious affect on the woman's health/mental health, the child's cognitive, psychological, emotional and social development, the marital relationship and ability to contribute to society. This study examined 45 women's self-reported desire for PPD care and ability to obtain these services in Erie County, New York. Results showed differences in desired care by race, differences in access to care by race and revealed the lack of PPD care in general.

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Dealing with it: Black Caribbean women's response to adversity and psychological distress associated with pregnancy, childbirth, and early motherhood

Cited by 107 publications

References 28 publications

‘It's leaflet, leaflet, leaflet then, “see you later”’: black Caribbean women's perceptions of perinatal mental health care

‘It's leaflet, leaflet, leaflet then, “see you later”’: black Caribbean women's perceptions of perinatal mental health care

Listening Past the Lies that Make Us Sick: A Voice-Centered Analysis of Strength and Depression among Black Women

Desired assistance versus care received for postpartum depression: access to care differences by race

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