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Mental health and intersectionality among students from a Brazilian public university

Year: 2022

Type: article

Abstract: The mental suffering/disorder has the potential to affect any person because living in collectivity results in iniquities that can act over the well-being. Being the university a space that composes the routine of people in this condition, it is necessary to analyze phenomena that can determine its organization such as health and social inequality. In this context, this study analyzes mental health and the intersection of axes of oppression. It is a quantitative and qualitative study using interview techniques and document analysis. From 217 students, 43 were excluded by incomplete/inaccessible documentation. To the interview it was considered students that declared to live under inequalities and of 12 invited, seven participated. The results indicate the intersectionality as an adequate tool to qualify the analysis of students’ reality living mental suffering/disorder. Emphasis was placed on gender bias, affective-sexual orientation, poverty, color and stigma about mental health.

Source: Interface - Comunicação Saúde Educação

DOI: 10.1590/interface.220314

Authors: Vera Maria Sérgio de Abreu Vieira, Mônica de Oliveira Nunes de Torrenté

Institution: Universidade Federal da Bahia

Language: English

Topic: Gender, Health, and Social Inequality

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Reduced inequalities, Good health and well-being, Gender equality

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $152