L4 Mood & Anxiety Disorders

mood

• often defined as a temporary mindset

• influences understanding

• influences processing

• powerful but temporary

depressive disorders

• major depressive disorder

• persistent depressive disorder

• premenstural dysphoric disorder

antidepressants

• considerations and a closer looks

• used widely

• ssri use and suicidality

• placebo effect

• “hard to treat” patients

• access

anxiety disorders

• agoraphobia

• specific phobia

• social anxiety disorder

• panic disorder

• generalized anxiety disorder

research paradigms

• health science

  • researchers have spent considerable time identifying the features, indicators, and origins of anxiety disorders

  • clinicians have spent considerable time investigating the topic of comorbidity, describing how anxiety disorders occur simultaneously w other condition

  • many researchers have explored and described the costs and burden of anxiety disorders 

  • clinicians have worked to devise systems to best identify those who might qualify for an anxiety disorder diagnosis

  • finally, extensive research has been conducted in relation to treatment

• critical social science

  • research into the everyday lives and spaces of individuals who experience substantial anxiety

  • research can tell us more about the experiences of feeling profound anxiousness

  • major changes in social environment seem to be acting as drivers of anxiety

  • the “evidence-based practice” movement selectively legitimizes and includes certain forms of knowledge but degrades and excludes others

youth homelessness facts

• nearly 900 young ppl aged 16 - 24 resides in toronto’s emergency shelter system

• disproportionate representation of lgbtq+ youth, bipoc youth, newcomer/refugee youth, and neurodiverse youth, or youth w developmental disabilities

• experience high levels of mental distress - including anxiety and depression

critical social theory

• intersecting identities shape experience

• social and structural hierarchies

• address multiple inequities

research team

• diverse social locations

• multiple axes of identity allows for a range of perspectives

• building rapport

structural changes

• dramatic services reduction and changing rules, regulations, and policies

• increasing employment and housing precarity

psychosocial implications

• isolation and loneliness

• mental health challenges

  • includes worsening mental health issues for those previously diagnosed

  • general increase of anxiety and depression among youth

• increased substance use as a coping mechanism

subpopulations of youth

• black

• S2LGBTQIA+

• newcomer

• indigenous

• neurodiverse

• developmental disability

research to action

• research findings indicate

  • loss of positive coping strats

  • experience of secondary trauma

  • structural context vs individual vulnerabilities

• what can we do

  • upstream supports

  • housing first philosophy

  • equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging

• limitations

  • temporal context, not generalizable, selection bias