Tag Archive | #Gay
#JamesDonaldson on #MentalHealth – Intersection Of Multiple Social Identities May Increase #SuicideRisk For #Lesbian, #Gay, And #Bisexual #Adults
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Nov 9 2021 #Suicide risk among lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults varies considerably depending on the intersection between sexual identity and other aspects of identity, such as gender, age, and race/ethnicity, according to a study led by researchers at the #NationalInstituteofMentalHealth (NIMH), part of the #NationalInstitutesofHealth. The study, which examined data from […]
#JamesDonaldson On #MentalHealth – How #Stigma Prevents People From Accessing #MentalHealthCare And What Can Be Done About It
By Hannah Furfaro Seattle Times staff reporter The #MentalHealthProject is a #SeattleTimes initiative focused on covering #mental and #behavioralhealthissues. It is funded by Ballmer Group, a national organization focused on economic mobility for children and families. The #SeattleTimes maintains editorial control over work produced by this team. In the days after Jennifer Stuber’s husband Matt died […]
#JamesDonaldson on #MentalHealth – How To Recognize Warning Signs Of #Suicide
By WCAX News Team BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – How do you recognize when someone may be thinking of self-harm or #suicide? It’s a question we’re asking during #suicidepreventionmonth. According to the Vermont Department of Health, only a third of people who died by #suicide in Vermont reported a history of #mentalhealthtreatment. Because most people who take […]
#JamesDonaldson on #MentalHealth – The #Pandemic Has Researchers Worried About #Teen #Suicide
ANYA KAMENETZ #Teen and #youth #anxiety and #depression are getting worse since #COVID lockdowns began in March, early studies suggest, and many experts say they fear a corresponding increase in youth #suicide. At the end of June, the #CentersforDiseaseControlandPrevention surveyed almost 10,000 #Americans on their #mentalhealth. They found symptoms of #anxiety and #depression were up […]
#JamesDonaldson on #MentalHealth – #Teen Suicides: What Are the Risk Factors?
Temperament, family and community all play a role Nadine Kaslow, PhD One of the myths about suicidal talk, and actual #suicide attempts, in young people is that they are just a bid for attention or “a cry for help.” #Kids who talk or write about killing themselves are dismissed as overly dramatic—obviously they don’t mean […]
#JamesDonaldson on #MentalHealth – #MentalHealthAwareness: #PostTraumaticStressDisorder (#PTSD)
#MentalHealthAwareness: #PostTraumaticStressDisorder BY ELIZABETH MILLER June is #PostTraumaticStressDisorder Awareness month. Today, and every June 27th, is #PTSD awareness day. According to the #NationalInstituteofMentalHealth, #PTSD affected around 3.6% of the adult U.S. population in the last year. #JamesDonaldson notes: Welcome to the “next chapter” of my life… being a voice and an advocate for #mentalhealthawarenessandsuicideprevention, especially […]
#JamesDonaldson on #MentalHealth – 40 Percent Of #LGBTQ Youth ‘Seriously Considered’ #Suicide In Past Year, Survey Finds
By Tim Fitzsimons Two in 5 #LGBTQ #youth in the #UnitedStates have “seriously considered” #suicide in the past year, a sobering survey released Wednesday said, showing what one expert called the “devastating #mentalhealth consequences” of society’s failure to create a safer and more affirming environment for America’s #queer #youth. The 2020 National Survey on #LGBTQ #Youth #MentalHealth by […]
#JamesDonaldsononMentalHealth – New Survey Finds #Suicide Is a Major Risk for #LGBTQ Youth
The Trevor Project report draws from the largest ever look at the demographic’s mental health By CHIP BROWNLEE A couple holds hands during a pride parade. #Suicide rates in the #UnitedStates have skyrocketed over the past two decades, but a new report from the #TrevorProject—the world’s largest #suicideprevention organization for #lesbian, #gay, #bisexual, #transgender, and #queer youth—suggests […]
#JamesDonaldsononMentalHealth – #Gay #Suicides Are On The Rise. This Epidemiologist Explains Why
Scientist Travis Salway discovered that suicide had surpassed HIV as the leading cause of death for gay and bisexual men in #Canada. By Michael Hobbes One of the indescribable aspects of being a member of a minority group is knowing that things are better than they have ever been and, simultaneously, not good enough. The […]
