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Gender differences in mental health

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Why we chose this article:

Both had an interest in mental health and its effects
Interested in disparities between genders specifically
Interest in implications for transgender community
Interested to see how gender is portrayed in the article...is it strictly biological (seen as interchangeable with sex) or is it a social construct
Interested to see how/if public health trends are explained by referring to medicine, more specifically psychiatry's history of medical misogyny, sexism, and subjugation
Interested to see if article provides an intersectional lens...does it group all women, does it go into race/ethnicity, does it talk about trans women, etc
Interested to see how article approaches mental illness...is it an individual experience, is it influenced by systemic factors or barriers/ is it collective?
Interested to see if gender bias is talked about...does it talk about its connection to medical education and training?

What can be changed:

Add in description of what is meant by "gender" to help the reader conceptualize better
Add in a bit of history on Freud...go into his traditional patriarchy and evolutionary values...does not mention how Freud protected and insisted on women's biological differences, roles, norms, and submissiveness/relegation to the private sphere
Restructure of "Biological differences" section to emphasize these are hypothetical
Address the causes of gender-specific risk factors early in the article...mention socioeconomic disadvantages and reference/explain how gender wage gaps or labor participation gaps are perpetuated by the state
Explain why women are more likely to be diagnosed with anxiety (e.g. socialization or environmental factors)
Elaborate on LGBTQ+ POC and how all mental illnesses and care are complicated according to minority stress model...does not talk about disability at any point when mentioning women, POC, LGBTQ+ etc

Why changes are necessary:

Article is long and straightforward, dealing with sensitive issues can be difficult
Important to highlight these issues and discussion on gender to clarify their connection
Adding changes will make article more modern and accessible
Intersectional approach will get readers to ask how and why health and care was shaped by the "normals"
Push readers to see mental health trends as a systemic failure rather than an individual fault

Additional sources:

Cyrus, K. (2017). Multiple minorities as multiply marginalized: Applying the minority stress theory to LGBTQ people of color. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Mental Health, 21(3), 194-202.
Kuehner, C. (2017). Why is depression more common among women than among men?. The Lancet Psychiatry, 4(2), 146-158.
McLean, C. P., & Anderson, E. R. (2009). Brave men and timid women? A review of the gender differences in fear and anxiety. Clinical psychology review, 29(6), 496-505.
Gonzales, M. C., Jain-Chandra, M. S., Kochhar, M. K., Newiak, M. M., & Zeinullayev, M. T. (2015). Catalyst for change: empowering women and tackling income inequality. International Monetary Fund.
Schafer, R. (2019). Problems in Freud’s Psychology of Women. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, 67(3), 503-526.
Tyler, Nichola and Miles, Helen and Karadag, Bessey and Rogers, Gemma (2019) An updated picture of the mental health needs of male and female prisoners in the UK: prevalence, comorbidity, and gender differences. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology . ISSN 0933-7954.
WHO 2020 Report - https://www.who.int/mental_health/media/en/242.pdf
Yu S. (2018). Uncovering the hidden impacts of inequality on mental health: a global study. Translational psychiatry, 8(1), 98. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-018-0148-0

Prof Comments

Hi you two!! Great assessment and suggestions here! I think these are very smart and impactful. One thing I might suggest doing is searching around to see if there are existing wiki articles that address some of the areas you want to include here so that future editors can refer to them and "link out" to them which would also lead to "linking in to" this article and thus drive traffic here which is always beneficial. This also avoids duplication of content/work. Otherwise I think what you hav here excluding why you chose the article can all be included in your comment. As well include some context about our class and who you are, as well as engaging with/amplifying any existing talk page content that you think is also important!! Thanks!! Liliput000 (talk) 15:35, 1 July 2021 (UTC)

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