Social Inclusion and Exclusion, Stigma and Discrimination and the Experience of Mental Distress

📖 The Scoop

"Methodology: Eight focus groups were conducted, two for each of the Like Minds, Like Mine target groups (Māori, Pacific peoples and young people) with two additional general groups ... Results: ... The following themes were identified variously as both antecedents (possible causes), phenomena, and/or impacts of social exclusion and social inclusion: 'Family and/or whānau as key determinant' ; 'Caught between Pākeha / Palagi and Māori or Pasifika worlds : colonisation, racial discrimination, cultural disconnection and the medical model (exclusionary) ; reconnection with tikanga Māori (inclusionary)' ; 'Employment as inclusionary or exclusionary)' ; "Medication and medicalisation' ; Self or others : is it me or is it you? ; 'Spirituality and relgion' ; 'The need for social masks' : 'Sport, teams, healthy and active lifestyle : a lack of (exclusionary) ; involvement in (inclusionary) ..."--Executive Summary Page 7.

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