Unraveling reactionary care: The experience of mother-caregivers of adults with severe mental disorders in Catalonia
In most Mediterranean countries, people diagnosed with severe mental disorders (SMDs) are typically cared for by the mother, causing a significant burden on people in this family role. Based on a broader mental health participatory action and qualitative research carried out in Catalonia (Spain) of...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2022 |
| País: | España |
| Recursos: | Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) |
| Repositorio: | O2, repositorio institucional de la UOC |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:openaccess.uoc.edu:10609/146980 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://hdl.handle.net/10609/146980 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11013-022-09788-z |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | severe mental disorders institutional violence gender-based violence caregivers medical anthropology trastornos mentales graves violencia institucional violencia de género cuidadores antropología médica trastorns mentals greus violencia de gènere cuidadors antropologia médica mental illness malalties mentals enfermedades mentales |
| Resumo: | In most Mediterranean countries, people diagnosed with severe mental disorders (SMDs) are typically cared for by the mother, causing a significant burden on people in this family role. Based on a broader mental health participatory action and qualitative research carried out in Catalonia (Spain) of 12 in-depth interviews and 3 focus groups, this article analyses the mother-caregivers’ experience in the domestic space. The results show that patients and caregivers are engaged in a relationship of “nested dependencies”, which create social isolation. This produces the conditions of “reactionary care”, practices that limit the autonomy of those affected and that reproduce forms of disciplinary psychiatric institutions. We conclude that both institutional violence derived from economic rationality and that which stems from the gender mandate feed off each other into the domestic sphere. This research argues for placing care at the center of clinical practice and shows the need to consider the structural forces shaping it. |
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