What is it about?
Photovoice aims to elevate the voices of marginalized groups in science and advocacy, but do the last three decades Photovoice research reveal so? This paper examines Photovoice demographic representation disparities in psychiatry and its adherence to action and advocacy goals.
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Why is it important?
This article is important because it reveals significant disparities in participant representation (major U.S. census-defined minoritized groups were nearly, if not entirely, absent), points the field toward post-Photovoice impact studies, and provides recommendations for leveraging augmented Photovoice among all three tiers of a public mental health model.
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This article captures a great snapshot on the state of Photovoice research in psychiatry from the past three decades. It will be exciting to see how future researchers apply its recommendations, which will shift the field to focus on leveraging (1) an ethics and social justice approach to collecting and reporting demographic data, (2) post-Photovoice impact studies, and (3) augmented Photovoice among a public mental health model.
Maria Metaweh
Florida International University
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This page is a summary of: A picture worth more than one thousand words: A 30-year review of photovoice representation disparities in psychiatric research., American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, May 2025, American Psychological Association (APA),
DOI: 10.1037/ort0000851.
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