Research in the area of gender and mental health indicates that women are
disproportionately affected by common mental disorders (CMDs) as well as co-morbid …

Background Social interventions that aim to facilitate bonds and interaction among
individuals could reduce depression at a population level; yet, the scope and effectiveness …

Despite the high and increasing prevalence of poverty in the United States, psychologists
and allied professionals have done little to develop mental health interventions that are …

The purpose of this article is to explore structural competency as a framework for training in
counseling psychology. Structural competency as a guiding paradigm can be an important …

Although poverty is associated with a range of mental health difficulties among women in
this country, mainstream mental health interventions are not sufficient to meet the complex …

Background Rural women are highly prevalent to depression, where spouse-related factors,
including extramarital affairs and poverty, intensify its likelihood of occurrence. However …

In this article, we present an approach entitled Anti‐Oppression Advocacy (AOA) as a means
of addressing poverty in a psychotherapeutic context. AOA is an integrative approach …

Although recent years have seen an increase in attention paid to social justice concerns by
psychologists, challenges remain in fulfilling the promise of psychology as a discipline that …

I feel a strong kinship and admiration for Miraj Desai's movement and travel in this
passionate text. Desai is restless, on the move, searching for a more constructive clinical …

Background. We examined factors associated with depression and anxiety in a cohort of low‐
income Baltimore women. Methods. We used Pathways to Adulthood data, a cohort of adults …