Perceived Barriers to Mental Health Services Among Canadian Sexual and Gender Minorities with Depression and at Risk of Suicide

2019 ◽  
Vol 55 (8) ◽  
pp. 1313-1321 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olivier Ferlatte ◽  
Travis Salway ◽  
Simon Rice ◽  
John L. Oliffe ◽  
Ashleigh J. Rich ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
At Risk ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Perceived Barriers ◽  
Sexual And Gender Minorities ◽  
Gender Minorities ◽  
And Gender

scholarly journals Health care of sexual and gender minorities: an integrative literature review

2020 ◽  
Vol 73 (suppl 6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jedison Feliciano Silva ◽  
Gabriela Maria Cavalcanti Costa
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Population Group ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Sexual And Gender Minorities ◽  
Health Care Practices ◽  
Gender Minorities ◽  
Care Practices ◽  
And Gender

ABSTRACT Objectives: to describe health care practices aimed at lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transvestites, and transsexuals. Methods: an integrative literature review based on systematic steps, in MEDLINE, LILACS AND SciELO databases and/or electronic libraries. It was held from September to November 2018, with articles published between 2012 and 2017, available in full in Portuguese, English, and Spanish, addressing health care to that population group. Results: fourteen articles were included. Most of the articles were about the trajectory of individuals within health services and showed limitations and obstacles in the use of these services. Final Considerations: there is evidence that factors related to organization of services, attitude of professionals, stigma, and discrimination experienced undermine health care practices. Therefore, it is essential to carry out educational activities in health services and educational institutions.

"I'm Not That Innocent": Recruiting Sexual and Gender Minorities for Rural Mental Health Research

2007 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 10-14
Author(s):  
Cathleen Willging
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Treatment Options ◽  
Health Resources ◽  
Mental Health Research ◽  
Sexual And Gender Minorities ◽  
Hidden Populations ◽  
Gender Minorities ◽  
And Gender

There is a dearth of research, anthropological and otherwise, focused on the mental health needs of sexual and gender minorities in rural areas. The risk for mental illness is greater for such groups due to their repeated exposure to psychosocial stressors associated with discrimination, stigmatization, and violence. The consequences of such exposure may be exacerbated in rural areas, where mental health resources are typically insufficient for the general population. Ethnographic research can provide important insights into how sexual and gender minorities cope with mental health problems within rural settings where treatment options are limited. The methodological challenges of undertaking such research are substantial, and include lack of identification among potential participants with externally imposed social categories, such as lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT), and the problem of recruiting "hidden" populations to take part in studies on sensitive topics. When taking into account the geographical dispersion of LGBT people in rural areas, these challenges increase substantially.

Relationship quality and mental health among sexual and gender minorities.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elissa L. Sarno ◽  
Christina Dyar ◽  
Michael E. Newcomb ◽  
Sarah W. Whitton
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Relationship Quality ◽  
Sexual And Gender Minorities ◽  
Gender Minorities ◽  
And Gender

scholarly journals Assessing mental health signals among sexual and gender minorities using Twitter data

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 765-786 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yunpeng Zhao ◽  
Yi Guo ◽  
Xing He ◽  
Yonghui Wu ◽  
Xi Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Sexual And Gender Minorities ◽  
Gender Minority ◽  
Gender Minorities ◽  
Sexual And Gender Minority ◽  
The Difference ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Laws And Policies ◽  
Minority People

Sexual and gender minorities face extreme challenges that breed stigma with alarming consequences damaging their mental health. Nevertheless, sexual and gender minority people and their mental health needs remain little understood. Because of stigma, sexual and gender minorities are often unwilling to self-identify themselves as sexual and gender minorities when asked. However, social media have become popular platforms for health-related researches. We first explored methods to find sexual and gender minorities through their self-identifying tweets, and further classified them into 11 sexual and gender minority subgroups. We then analyzed mental health signals extracted from these sexual and gender minorities’ Twitter timelines using a lexicon-based analysis method. We found that (1) sexual and gender minorities expressed more negative feelings, (2) the difference between sexual and gender minority and non-sexual and gender minority people is shrinking after 2015, (3) there are differences among sexual and gender minorities lived in different geographic regions, (4) sexual and gender minorities lived in states with sexual and gender minority-related protection laws and policies expressed more positive emotions, and (5) sexual and gender minorities expressed different levels of mental health signals across different sexual and gender minority subgroups.

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