Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA.
J Clin Psychol. 2013 Feb;69(2):152-61. doi: 10.1002/jclp.21954. Epub 2012 Dec 20.
By its very nature, a life of poverty is harmful to the emotional well-being of poor and working-class women and men. Psychology, for the most part, has unwittingly played a part in this oppression by pathologizing the poor and maintaining barriers to mental health care. This article presents findings from qualitative studies that illustrate lived experiences and insights from poor and working-class people in the community at large and in the therapeutic settings in particular. Drawing from these narratives, recommendations are made to psychologists who seek to subvert the normative silence around class issues and take on the work of providing class-aware services to men and women in poverty.
从本质上讲，贫困的生活对贫困和工人阶级男女的情感健康有害。心理学在很大程度上通过将穷人病态化并维持心理健康保健的障碍，无意中在这种压迫中发挥了作用。本文介绍了定性研究的结果，这些研究说明了一般社区和治疗环境中贫困和工人阶级人群的生活经历和见解。从这些叙述中，向试图颠覆关于阶级问题的规范沉默并承担向贫困男女提供阶级意识服务的工作的心理学家提出了建议。
