'Women with mental illness are an understudied and underserved group with more than run-of-the-mill depression and anxiety.' Here's what we know.
as survivors. We named this, “survivorship strength” . Women with SMI learn practices and strategies like these to overcome trauma and empower other women with similar histories.disparities in being at high risk of poverty, homelessness, problems with their physical health, and child custody loss. And yet they overcome a number of their unique risk factors through some of their assets from their gender and work on their mental health recovery.
Lastly, women with mental illness face problems with isolation and feeling ostracized in their communities due to stigma and the challenges of their symptoms. Nevertheless, they value strong connections, often with other women, family, providers, partners, and other supports in their network. We’ve even found that members of this group create a “mental health sisterhood” , composed of women with shared experiences of mental illness from whom they derive a sense of community and belonging.
Whenever there is risk there is also resilience. And when we look at the particular challenges faced by this overlooked group of women, we also find a vast collection of strengths.
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