Continuing Education

“But How Do I Know I Can Trust You?”: Clinical Care for Women With Serious Mental Illness

Erika R. Carr, PhD

Abstract

Women with serious mental illness (SMI) face numerous challenges as their experience of SMI intersects so often with other multiple oppressive experiences making their challenges complex and nuanced. Many of the challenges they face relate to also experiencing homelessness, poverty, trauma, relationship issues and intimate partner violence, parenting, and forms of oppression such as sexism, racism, classism, and stigma. When individuals experience intersectionality of oppressive experiences the research shows this is a more fused and additive experience than a singular challenging experience. Though there are many disparities women with SMI experience, there is still so much growth for the mental health field as we seek to discern these unique concerns for women with SMI, adequately address them from multiple aspects, offer treatment that is gender responsive, trauma-informed, and recovery-oriented, and change systems of care over time so these women can be best supported in their recovery.

Keywords: women; serious mental illness; trauma-informed care; gender-responsive care; recovery-oriented care

Credit 1
Level Intermediate
Price $25.00
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Learning Objectives
  1. Develop expertise in evidence-based treatments for women with serious mental illness (SMI) and incorporating cultural and gender-responsive adaptations to bridge the science-to-practice gap
  2. Apply trauma-informed, recovery-oriented, and gender-responsive care frameworks to clinical practice while addressing co-occurring disorders and fostering client autonomy
  3. Explain the impact of systemic barriers to care while empowering clients through individualized, holistic care that supports recovery goals, health promotion, and social role development
Citation

Carr, E. R. (2024). “But How Do I Know I Can Trust You?”: Clinical Care for Women With Serious Mental Illness. Journal of Health Service Psychology, 50(4). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42843-024-00120-4

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