The Mental Health of Second-Generation people in the Podcasts of Racialized Italians

Journal title MONDI MIGRANTI
Author/s Clelia D’Apice, Annavittoria Sarli
Publishing Year 2025 Issue 2025/3
Language Italian Pages 23 P. 143-165 File size 201 KB
DOI 10.3280/MM2025-003007
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Using a qualitative approach, the paper examines the perceptions of Second-Generation Oeople (SGPs) racialized in Italy regarding their mental health, the related needs and the strategies adopted to address them. Through the analysis of podcasts recorded by young racialized Italians, it explores the complex link between systemic racism and mental health. In Italy SGPs often face dynamics of othering, discrimination and racialization, that may generate reactions such as anxiety, isolation, or depression. Finding adequate support is difficult due to the lack of awareness among mental health professionals of the connection between racism and psychological distress. A further problem is the stigmatization of psychotherapy by many families of origin. The analyzed podcasts become spaces for resistance and activism, that promote awareness of the impact of inequalities on collective health, offering opportunities to create a more inclusive and equitable social environment.

Attraverso un approccio qualitativo, l’articolo esamina le percezioni che le Persone di Seconda Generazione (PSG) razzializzate in Italia hanno sulla propria salute mentale, i bisogni ad essa legati e le strategie messe in atto per farvi fronte. Tramite l’analisi di podcast registrati da giovani Italiani razzializzati, viene esplorato il complesso legame tra razzismo sistemico e salute mentale. In Italia le PSG affrontano spesso dinamiche di alterizzazione, discriminazione e razzializzazione che possono generare reazioni come ansia, isolamento e depressione. Trovare un supporto adeguato è difficile a causa della scarsa consapevolezza, tra i professionisti della salute mentale, del legame tra razzismo e disagio psichico. Un’altra difficoltà è legata alla stigmatizzazione del ricorso alla psicoterapia da parte di molte famiglie d’origine. I podcast analizzati diventano spazi di resistenza e attivismo che promuovono consapevolezza circa il nesso tra diseguaglianze e salute collettiva, offrendo opportunità per la creazione di un ambiente sociale più equo e inclusivo.

Keywords: second-generation; mental health; racism; social determinants of health; podcasts.

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Clelia D’Apice, Annavittoria Sarli, La salute mentale delle persone di seconda generazione nei podcast degli Italiani razzializzati in "MONDI MIGRANTI" 3/2025, pp 143-165, DOI: 10.3280/MM2025-003007