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Claiming Our Place: Women with Serious Mental Health Issues and Support Groups for Abused Women

Publication: Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
April 2002

Abstract

Many women with serious mental health issues also deal with abuse and have difficulty accessing services. Despite the fact that groups have been found to be one of the most useful tools in healing from the effects of abuse, many professionals see women with serious mental health issues as unable to benefit from counselling and, in particular, from groups for abused women. This study indicates that, when mental health issues are addressed and the group structures and expectations are modified to allow women control over their participation, serious mental health issues are not a barrier to participation in groups.

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De nombreuses femmes souffrant de sérieux problèmes de santé mentale sont également victimes d'abus et ont difficilement accès aux services appropriés. Bein que l'on reconnaisse largement que le travail en groupe est l'une des meilleures mesures pour contrer les conséquences de traitements abusifs, bien des professionelles et professionnels de la santé considèrent que les femmes aux prises avec des problèmes de santé mentale sont inaptes à tirer bénéfice du processus de counseling, notamment au sein de groupes de femmes victimes d'abus. L'étude présentée dans cet article démontre au contraire que les problèmes sérieux de santé mentale ne font pas obstacle à la participation en groupe, en autant que les problèmes de santé mentale soient traités et que la structure ainsi que les attentes du groupe soient modifiées pour permettre aux femmes d'exercer un certain contrôle sur leur participation.

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cover image Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Volume 21Number 1April 2002
Pages: 101 - 113

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Version of record online: 12 May 2009

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Sandra L. Preston

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