Date: Sunday, August 10

Time: 10:30 AM - 12:10 PM

Session 072: Intersectionality in Action: Bridging Mental Health and Social Problems Theory to Address Complex Social Issues
Room: Indiana Room

Sponsors: Disability, Mental Wellness, and Social Justice
Social Problems Theory

Organizers &

Presiders: Joshua H. Stout, Illinois State University
Lily Ivanova, University of British Columbia

Discussant: Lily Ivanova, University of British Columbia

Description: 

Mental health is a complex social problem that cuts across structural conditions, intersecting identities, and societal and institutional expectations, norms, and responses. This session delves into the challenges of theorizing and understanding these complex factors. Papers in this session explore the experiences of communities across citizenship status, ethnic identities, language, vocation, and access to services. Through understanding mental health as a multifaceted social problem, this session will provide direction for more effective interventions and advocacy strategies.

Papers:

“High Utilizers of Services: Medical Problem, Moral Failing, or Due to Structural Conditions?” Stacey L. Barrenger, Northeast Ohio Medical University and Leslie L. Wood, Kent State University; Northeast Ohio Medical University

“Navigating Uncertainty: The Impact of COVID-19 on International Students’ Mental Health, Career Preparedness, and Migration Plans,” Eugena Kwon, Trent University

“The Kids Are Not Alright: How Florida’s Government Creates Family Trauma,” Alayne Unterberger, Florida Institute for Community Studies

“The Paradox of Work: Exploring the Emotional and Bodily Dimensions of Intersectional Capitalism among Latinx Immigrants in the U.S.,” Bianca Ruiz-Negrón, Alejandra G. Lemus, Susana Echeverri Herrera and Alejandro Tovar, The University of New Mexico, Aurora Arreola, New Mexico Immigrant Law Center, Julia M. Hess and Jessica R. Goodkind, The University of New Mexico

“Stigmatization in the Pre-Death Interactions of Family and Friends Bereaved by a Drug-Related Death,” Joshua H. Stout, Illinois State University and Benjamin Fleury-Steiner, University of Delaware

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