了解LGBTQIA+青年自杀的社会驱动因素
Chelsea Cosner1, Brianna Dubose2, Tripti Soni1
1University of Maryland/Sheppard Pratt (Psychiatry), 701 W Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
Child and adolescent psychiatric clinics of North America
|September 14, 2024
概括
LGBTQIA+年轻人面临更高的心理健康风险,包括自杀. 通过量身定制的治疗来解决社会障碍和利用文化优势,对于预防自杀和实现心理健康平等至关重要.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 心理健康研究 心理健康研究
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 女同性恋,男同性恋,双性恋,跨性别者,酷儿,跨性别者,无性恋者以及其他性别和性少数群体 (LGBTQIA+) 青少年经历了不成比例地高的心理健康挑战,包括自杀念头和企图.
- 社会和结构因素,如对护理和资源的有限准入,对少数群体青年的健康和福祉产生重大影响.
- 这些年轻人和他们的照顾者拥有独特的文化优势,可以在干预中发挥作用.
研究的目的:
- 突出LGBTQIA+年轻人面临的心理健康差异.
- 强调需要量身定制的,基于证据的治疗方法,以解决心理健康不良的社会和结构驱动因素.
- 倡导多个层面 (个人,社区,教育,机构,政策) 的干预措施,以预防自杀和促进心理健康平等.
主要方法:
- 这项研究是对有关LGBTQIA+青年心理健康的现有研究和公共卫生数据的审查和综合.
- 它考察了影响这个人口的健康的社会和结构性决定因素.
- 它强调了文化响应和基于证据的干预措施的重要性.
主要成果:
- 与 cisgender,异性恋同龄人相比,LGBTQIA+年轻人面临的心理健康问题和自杀风险明显更高.
- 系统性障碍和缺乏获得肯定护理的机会加剧了这些差异.
- 个人和社区的优势提供了可以纳入治疗方法的保护因素.
结论:
- 解决LGBTQIA+年轻人的心理健康需求需要采用多方面的方法,承认和拆除结构性不平等.
- 文化定制的,基于证据的干预措施对于预防自杀和实现心理健康平等至关重要.
- 在所有社会层面上,必须优先支持少数群体青年及其照顾者.
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