TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Using arts-based methodologies to understand adolescent and youth manifestations, representations, and potential causes of depression and anxiety in low-income urban settings in Peru
JO  - International journal of environmental research and public health
A1  - Hidalgo-Padilla, Liliana
A1  - Vilela-Estrada, Ana L.
A1  - Toyama, Mauricio
A1  - Flores, Sumiko
A1  - Ramirez-Meneses, Daniela
A1  - Steffen, Mariana
A1  - Heritage, Paul
A1  - Fung, Catherine
A1  - Priebe, Stefan
A1  - Diez-Canseco, Francisco
SP  - e15517
EP  - e15517
VL  - 19
IS  - 23
N2  - BACKGROUND: Arts-based methodologies can be beneficial to identify different representations of stigmatized topics such as mental health conditions. This study used a theater-based workshop to describe manifestations, representations, and potential causes of depression and anxiety as perceived by adolescents and young adults. <br><br>METHODS: The theater company Teatro La Plaza conducted three online sessions with a group of adolescents and another with a group of young adults from Lima, Peru. The artistic outputs, which included images, similes, monologues, and narrations, were used to describe the experiences of depression and anxiety symptoms following a content analysis using posteriori categories. <br><br>RESULTS: Seventeen participants joined the sessions. The artistic outputs showed: physical, behavioral, cognitive, and emotional manifestations of depression and anxiety; a perception that both disorders have a cyclical nature; and an awareness that it is often difficult to notice symptom triggers. The mandatory social isolation due to the COVID-19 pandemic was highlighted as an important symptom trigger, mostly linked to anxiety. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The findings are consistent with the literature, especially with regard to the manifestations, representations, and potential causes that trigger depression and anxiety. Using arts-based methods allowed adolescents and young adults to expand the articulation of their representations of mental disorders.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1661-7827
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192315517
ID  - ref1
ER  -