加拿大的性和性别少数群体自杀企图的自我感知原因
Olivier Ferlatte1,2, Elisabeth Dromer1,2, Travis Salway3,4,5
1Département de médecine sociale et préventive, École de Santé Publique de l'Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Journal of homosexuality
|August 5, 2024
概括
性和性别少数群体 (SGM) 经常因为情绪问题,精神疾病和暴力而试图自杀. 了解这些不同的原因对于开发针对性干预措施来预防SGM自杀至关重要.
科学领域:
- 精神病学是一个精神病学.
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 性和性别少数群体 (SGM) 经历了不成比例的高自杀企图率.
- 现有的文学往往缺乏对SGM自杀企图背后的具体原因的全面理解.
- 识别自我感知的原因对于开发有效的,定制的干预措施至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查性和性别少数群体 (SGM) 自杀企图的自我感知原因.
- 为了分类和分析这些人群中导致自杀企图的各种因素.
- 确定针对SGM进行量身定制的自杀预防策略的潜在目标.
主要方法:
- 在加拿大对2778名SGM个体进行了一项调查.
- 曾有过自杀尝试的受访者提供了关于他们第一次/唯一一次尝试 (FOA) 和最后一次尝试 (LA) 的开放式答案.
- 响应被双重编码并分类以确定普遍的主题.
主要成果:
- 样本中的四分之一 (25%) 报告了自杀尝试的历史,其中72%报告了多次尝试.
- 情绪问题 (42.1%的FOA,44.0%的LA) 和精神疾病的经历 (30.1%的FOA,36.1%的LA) 是最常见的原因.
- 其他重要因素包括暴力 (23.2%的FOA,10.2%的LA),与性相关的少数民族压力 (11.1%的FOA,6.2%的LA) 和性别认同 (5.0%的FOA,6.8%的LA).
结论:
- 自我评估SGM揭示了自杀企图的各种原因,包括目前文献中没有充分记录的因素.
- 情绪困扰,精神疾病,暴力和少数民族压力是导致SGM自杀企图的关键因素.
- 调查结果强调了需要专门设计的干预措施,以应对SGM面临的独特挑战.
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