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Psycho-Social Problems of Women in Primary Resource Communities

Publication: Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
January 1983

Abstract

Relevant literature on the psychosocial impacts of resource development upon women resident in isolated single-industry communities comes primarily from academic research, government-sponsored planning studies, community self-studies, reports of women's meetings, as well as from a variety of indirect indices. There is evidence to suggest that these women are at particularly high risk of psychosocial disturbance resulting from geographic and social isolation, alcohol-related violence, lack of opportunities for employment or skills upgrading, and a perceived lack of adequate health and social support services. Studies which systematically assess the contributions of these conditions to the risk of development of clinically-defined minor psychiatric illness are now necessary. Recent research on the nature of depression, and the positive effects of social support systems and of employment upon health may be of particular relevance in the design of preventive mental health policies.

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Cet article présente les résultats d'une étude entreprise en vue d'établir les répercussions psycho-sociales de la mise en valeur des richesses naturelles sur les résidants des localités isolées à industrie unique. Nos données proviennent principalement des recherches universitaires, des études de planification commanditées par le gouvernement, des études effectuées par les localités elles-mêmes, des rapports d'assemblées de femmes et de divers indicateurs indirects. Elles montrent que les femmes de ces localitès sont particulièrement exposées aux troubles psycho-sociaux découlant de l'isolement géographique et social, de la violence associée à l'alcool, de l'impossibilitié de se trouver un emploi et de se perfectionner et de l'absence perçue de services de santé et de soutien social. Il est maintenant nécessaire d'évaluer de façon systématique la contribution de ces facteurs aux troubles psychiatriques mineurs observés cliniquement. Des études récentes sur la nature de la dépression et les effets positifs des systèmes sociaux de soutien et de l'emploi sur la santé peuvent être particulièrement utiles dans l'élaboration de politiques de prévention dans le domaine de la santè mentale.

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cover image Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Volume 2Number S1January 1983
Pages: 59 - 66

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Version of record online: 28 April 2009

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Jennifer Evans
Addiction Research Foundation, Toronto, Ontario
Ruth Cooperstock
Addiction Research Foundation, Toronto, Ontario

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