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Workshop: LGBTQ+ youth mental health: sharing knowledge and exploring emerging questions
Led by: Catt Turney and Hazel Marzetti from the LGBTQ+ youth mental health project
This cross-sectoral workshop explored recent research, questions, challenges, and gaps in LGBTQ+ youth mental health research. Facilitators and attendees shared their views on best practice, considered future goals and new questions, and identified support or resources needed to address key questions in LGBTQ+ youth mental health.
Three key messages:
- To understand LGBTQ+ young people’s mental health difficulties we must take into account both those factors related to being LGBTQ+ and factors that could affect any young person in distress.
- It is difficult for young people in general to access appropriate and timely mental health support, but there are additional barriers experienced by LGBTQ+ young people trying to access mental health support.
- LGBTQ+ young people have clear ideas of the kinds of support they need, and so co-design and collaborative working between services and LGBTQ+ young people is essential to improve mental health support for LGBTQ+ youth.
This workshop was connected to our Voices, Power & Attitudes research challenge: How can we amplify young people’s voices and change societal attitudes in ways that positively impact on mental health?
Further Resources
Check out these pictures from the day!
Photos from Oxford Atelier.
Workshop Live Tweets
You can read a great thread below from Molly Murray who live-tweeted the workshop via @smollypsych.
THREAD
— Molly Murray (@smollypsych) October 17, 2022
For anyone working with or for LGBTQ+ young people, including the youth sector, mental health professionals, educators, LGBTQ+ people and others, this next workshop at the @EmergingMinds Summit may be of interest and relevance to you!#EmergingMinds pic.twitter.com/N2FOxDAyQO
Support is not a linear process. And young people often do not get the support that they deserve and need when they need it #EmergingMinds @EmergingMindsUK pic.twitter.com/VZP59Fd2WW
— Molly Murray (@smollypsych) October 17, 2022
"Young people's social networks and the wider environment is KEY".
— Molly Murray (@smollypsych) October 17, 2022
Young people's social networks are important and can be critical in encouraging them to access support. #EmergingMinds @EmergingMindsUK
LGBTQ+ Suicide is often thought about in two 'polar opposite' ways pic.twitter.com/ecDUJRPcEm
— Molly Murray (@smollypsych) October 17, 2022
Manifesto for Change (@HazelMarzetti) was developed through knowledge exchange and public engagement event, where findings from a project focusing on understanding and exploring LGBTQ+ youth suicide in Scotland were shared. #EmergingMinds @EmergingMindsUK pic.twitter.com/eOXOo0g4JL
— Molly Murray (@smollypsych) October 17, 2022
View the Manifesto for Change here: https://t.co/iz6Wi53mlZ#EmergingMinds @EmergingMindsUK @HazelMarzetti
— Molly Murray (@smollypsych) October 17, 2022
@hazelmarzetti and @CattTurney highlight that better resources, mental health services with clearer pathways to care, greater LGBTQ+ awareness, and improved policies, are necessary to improve LGBTQ+ young people’s mental health and to address LGBT+ suicide prevention.
— Molly Murray (@smollypsych) October 17, 2022
Mental health cannot be solely seen as a psychological problem by policymakers. For example, the social conditions in which people live must be taken seriously as contributors to mental health problems and factored into interventions to improve wellbeing. #EmergingMinds
— Molly Murray (@smollypsych) October 17, 2022
A couple of interesting articles if you would like to read more around this area:
— Molly Murray (@smollypsych) October 17, 2022
1/ LGBTQ+ Youth and Mental Health 2022 (research report): https://t.co/ft06P95bnY#EmergingMinds
2/ Understanding the role of homophobia and transphobia in young LGBT+ people's suicidal distress#EmergingMinds
— Molly Murray (@smollypsych) October 17, 2022
https://t.co/UwkYcrzQBD
3/ Stigma, discrimination and harassment as contributors to suicidal distress amongst LBGT+ youth #EmergingMindshttps://t.co/UKRTanuVy7
— Molly Murray (@smollypsych) October 17, 2022
Big thank you to both @hazelmarzetti and @CattTurney for such a wonderful, informative and insightful workshop!#EmergingMinds @EmergingMindsUK
— Molly Murray (@smollypsych) October 17, 2022