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From: Intersectional discrimination and mental health inequalities: a qualitative study of young women’s experiences in Scotland

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The Chain of Dismissal

Legend: Entry Point 1 relates to participants seeking support in relation to their mental health. We find multiple instances across our sample of mental health symptoms being dismissed due to assumptions that they were synonymous with being young and female. Entry Point 2 relates to participants seeking healthcare support for physical health concerns, which were then attributed to psychological factors such as stress or anxiety. The reason this theory works as a chain is that, for some participants, the dismissal of symptoms and subsequent delays in support resulted in further health problems – either (1) the original health concern becoming worse, (2) mental health conditions developing or worsening as a result of stress in being dismissed

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International Journal for Equity in Health

ISSN: 1475-9276

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