biostudies-literatureHidalgo-Padilla LMedical Research Council15517https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9737895biostudies-literatureUnknown19(23)<h4>Background</h4>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.<h4>Methods</h4>The theater company <i>Teatro La Plaza</i> 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.<h4>Results</h4>Seventeen participants joined the sessions. The artistic outpInternational journal of environmental research and public healthUsing Arts-Based Methodologies to Understand Adolescent and Youth Manifestations, Representations, and Potential Causes of Depression and Anxiety in Low-Income Urban Settings in Peru.PMC9737895MR/S03580X/1Hidalgo-Padilla LSteffen MDiez-Canseco FFlores SHeritage PPriebe SRamirez-Meneses DFung CVilela-Estrada ALToyama MfalseUsing Arts-Based Methodologies to Understand Adolescent and Youth Manifestations, Representations, and Potential Causes of Depression and Anxiety in Low-Income Urban Settings in Peru.<h4>Background</h4>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.<h4>Methods</h4>The theater company <i>Teatro La Plaza</i> 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.<h4>Results</h4>Seventeen participants joined the sessions. The artistic outp2022-01-01T00:00:00Z2022 Nov2025-04-18T19:20:08.719Z2024-11-19T15:15:29.78ZS-EPMC97378953649759210.3390/ijerph192315517