Using a capabilities approach to understand poverty and social exclusion of psychiatric survivors |
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| Authors: | Sarah Benbow Abraham Rudnick Cheryl Forchuk Betty Edwards |
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| Institution: | 1. Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada;2. Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada;3. Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada;4. Can-Voice, London, Ontario, Canada |
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| Abstract: | The purpose of this project is to better understand poverty and social exclusion of psychiatric survivors using a capabilities approach to social justice as part of a larger mixed-methods longitudinal study (N=380) in Ontario, Canada. Using thematic coding, four themes emerged: poverty, ‘You just try to survive’; stigma, ‘People treat you like trash’; belonging, ‘You feel like you don’t belong’; and shared concern and advocacy, ‘Everyone deserves housing’. This analysis provides a deeper understanding of poverty and other social determinants of experiences of psychiatric survivors, including the synergism of poverty and social exclusion. |
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| Keywords: | social exclusion psychiatric survivors social justice capabilities approach |
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