![]() ![]() Sexuality is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as: “A central aspect of being human throughout life encompasses sex, gender identities and roles, sexual orientation, eroticism, pleasure, intimacy and reproduction. Sexuality is an integral component of human identity and activity (Brown 2015). ![]() A feminist perspective and an intersectional approach should be adopted at the intersubjective and structural level to account for the complexity of human experience and to subvert the heteropatriarchal system. A feminist perspective highlights the interrelationship between gender and stigma as it relates to serious mental illness and sexuality. The four synthesised findings that derived from the reviewed studies were stigma and subjectivity, the experience of interpersonal relationships, the socialisation of women and the effects of psychiatric hegemony. Data was coded line-by-line which generated descriptive themes, resulting in four synthesised findings. The studies were analysed by a thematic synthesis. An initial database search was preformed upon screening for eligibility, there remained 16 studies that explored the sexual experiences of women with diagnoses of serious mental illness. Studies were included if they were published up to March 15, 2022, and only studies in English were included. The databases SCOPUS, WOS and PsychINFO were used in this review. ![]() We have developed a qualitative literature review using the PRISMA statement. This paper aims to explore the contributions of research that include gender perspective in analysing the sexual experiences of women diagnosed with serious mental illness and to identify any barriers and systems that impede sexual fulfilment.
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