Intersectionality in Behavioral Health: Serving Those with Membership in Multiple Stigmatized Groups

• By: Kismyth Shuler, LCSW, Master CASAC The Guidance Center of Westchester
• July 14th, 2022
• intersectional assessment, intersectionality, mental health stigma, social determinants of health, social justice, social stigma, stigma, Summer 2022 Issue, systemic oppression
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What are your social identities? How do you identify and how does the world see you? “Intersectionality, a term coined by legal scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw, emphasizes the “multidimensionality” of oppressed people’s lived experiences and recognizes how various types of oppression frequently...