Intersectionality Research in Psychological Science: Resisting the Tendency to Disconnect, Dilute, and Depoliticize

Buchanan, NiCole T.; Wiklund, Lauren O.

doi:10.31234/osf.io/sc9ah

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“…One avenue for doing so would involve embracing intersectional approaches to understanding psychopathology that inherently prioritize and include structural determinants of health (Buchanan & Wiklund, 2020a) like minority stress processes. This aligns with calls for open embracing of intersectionality theory and practice within (clinical) psychology (Buchanan & Wiklund, 2020b;Settles et al 2020).…”

Section: Bpd Diagnosis Elevated Psychiatric Morbidity and Stigma: Moving Forwardmentioning

confidence: 55%

A Population-Based Examination of Criterion-Level Disparities in the Diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder Among Sexual Minority Adults

2021

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Sexual minority individuals are diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD) at higher proportions than heterosexual individuals regardless of presenting psychopathology. It is unclear if such bias is reflective of diagnostician idiosyncrasies or population-based diagnostic/criterion bias. Data from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions–III were utilized to examine if differences in BPD endorsement were related to/independent of transdiagnostic factor differences between sexual minority and heterosexual individuals. BPD diagnosis/criterion endorsement was higher among sexual minority compared with heterosexual individuals (odds ratios = 1.47-3.82). Furthermore, when dysfunction/impairment associated with criterion endorsement was ignored, endorsement disparities were magnified. Diagnostic/criterion differences were mostly explained by transdiagnostic factor differences associated with sexual minority status, with some notable exceptions. These results suggest that the predilection toward BPD diagnosis among sexual minority individuals does not appear reflective of criterion-related bias. They further highlight the importance of understanding group-specific forms of psychiatric malaise and reinforce the importance of cultural humility for equitable assessment. These results further raise questions pertaining to the conceptualization and epistemology of BPD as it relates to sexual minority individuals.

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Section: Bpd Diagnosis Elevated Psychiatric Morbidity and Stigma: Moving Forwardmentioning

confidence: 55%

A Population-Based Examination of Criterion-Level Disparities in the Diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder Among Sexual Minority Adults

2021

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“…Further, we located multiple structural barriers to trans liberation. Naming violent power structures is integral to any and all liberation and intersectional work (Buchanan and Wiklund 2021 ). As such, it is necessary to acknowledge that transphobia is rooted in white supremacy and colonization, as trans people (and trans PoC in particular) threaten the cisheteropatriarchy established by White settlers.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Examining the elevated risk of COVID-19 in transgender communities with an intersectional lens

Goldie

Chatterjee

2021

SN Soc Sci

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COVID-19 has presented unique and unprecedented struggles for all people, yet they tend to be magnified among marginalized communities. Indeed, in the United States, transgender (trans) people experience oppression in many facets of their lives, which places them at an increased risk for both COVID-19 exposure and complications. This oppression can be broadly categorized into two distinct, yet interrelated categories: health disparities (e.g., decreased immune health) and structural barriers (e.g., employment discrimination, policing). Recent scholarship has examined trans people’s risk for COVID-19 exposure and mortality, however few articles examine intersectional identities, and, to our knowledge, none have interrogated oppressive power structures (e.g., the prison industrial complex). We aim to fill these critical gaps and argue that it is imperative for cisgender people to partner with trans communities to dismantle these harmful systems, positively impacting the lives of trans individuals during the pandemic and beyond. We make several key recommendations for researchers, policymakers, healthcare workers, and allies to do so.

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“…Intersectional models suggest that holding multiple stigmatised identities represents a multiplicative risk, compounding risk for unequal treatment (Buchanan and Wiklund, 2021).…”

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Ethnic disparity in mental health legislation at the point of inpatient entry: pilot review in detained adolescents with developmental disorders

Morris

Webb²,

Foster-Davies

et al. 2021

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Purpose Ethical concerns about the use of the Mental Health Act (MHA) have led to calls for developmental disorders to be removed from the list of mental disorders for which individuals can be detained. In parallel, there are long-standing concerns of ethnic disparity in the application of the MHA. Nonetheless, the impact of the intersections of developmental disorder diagnosis, adolescence and ethnicity on the application of the MHA is unknown. This study aims to explore ethnic differences in MHA sections and the factors accounting for this, in an adolescent inpatient developmental disorder service. Design/methodology/approach File reviews were conducted to explore differences in MHA status, as well as demographic, clinical and risk factors that may account for this, between 39 white British and ethnic minority adolescents detained to a specialist inpatient developmental disorder service. Findings Consistent with adult literature, adolescents of an ethnic minority were overrepresented in the sample and were significantly more likely to be detained on Part III or “forensic” sections of the MHA than White British counterparts, with five times greater risk. Analyses revealed no significant differences between ethnic minority and white British participants on demographic variables, clinical needs, risk behaviours, risk measures nor application of restrictive practices and safeguarding procedures. Practical implications National audits exploring patterns of detention under the MHA across adolescent developmental disorder populations need to include analysis of intersections to ensure that the MHA is used as a means of last resort and in an equitable manner. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this paper is the first comprehensive exploration of the impact of ethnicity on detention patterns in ethnic minority and White British populations.

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Intersectionality Research in Psychological Science: Resisting the Tendency to Disconnect, Dilute, and Depoliticize

Cited by 13 publications

References 14 publications

A Population-Based Examination of Criterion-Level Disparities in the Diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder Among Sexual Minority Adults

A Population-Based Examination of Criterion-Level Disparities in the Diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder Among Sexual Minority Adults

Examining the elevated risk of COVID-19 in transgender communities with an intersectional lens

Ethnic disparity in mental health legislation at the point of inpatient entry: pilot review in detained adolescents with developmental disorders

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