User:Gracielap906/Suicide among LGBT youth

Roger9797
Suicide among the youth of the LGBT+ community is always at a high rate. The theory is that there are several factors in the upbringing of LGBTQ+ individuals that result in mental health issues. Mental health in the LGBTQ+ community shows a pattern trend where their mental health has been compromised from a young age. LGBTQ+ individuals struggle with several negative factors within their upbringing tend to experience negative mental health outcomes. Some of these individuals’ acuity in their mental health leads to potential mental illness diagnoses. This makes it difficult for people to live healthy and happy lives due to the difficult and/or traumatic situations each individual faced while growing up. The variable in this research is identified as the mental health state of LGBTQ+ community and how it has been affected during their journey of self discovery.

These questions below are common knowledge that society recognizes LGBT+ members may have struggled with.


 * Were you bullied or teased as a kid for being LGBTQ+?
 * Were you rejected by your family for being LGBTQ+?
 * How comfortable were you expressing who you are while growing up?
 * How was your life at home with your family while growing?
 * Did you use substances or alcohol to cope with negative feelings/emotions?
 * Did you experience any type of abuse as a child?
 * Describe your relationships with others while growing up.

90% of the time the LGBT+ members being asked these questions all have negative responses to one or more of the questions listed below. This is a poven point that these issues led or can lead to a development of mental illness. Mental illness can then be led to suicidal thoughts and attempts. The demographic diversity of the LGBT+ community all have a similar upbringing. Either they were bullied as a child, rejected from loved ones, had an unsupported family, or simply felt as if they were a minority due to society making them believe their sexual orientation made them less of a human being. The issue goes into topics such as lack of support from society, family, law makers, and peers. Being gay can lead to being outcasted by family and friends due to the other party not supporting their choice. For further information you can visit these websites for scholarly research.

REFERNCES

http://www.jstor.org/stable/44392956

http://www.jstor.org/stable/43281101

http://www.jstor.org/stable/43893424

This page is an bibliography on articles that you can read to gain more knowledge on what issues can have a negative impact LGBTQ+ community's mental health.

What causes issues towards the mental health in the LGBT+ community is what needs to be analyzed. Mental health has been an issue that has been on the rise ever since this is a global pandemic. Many different issues can cause mental health to spike. People with severe mental health issues would be the community of the LGBT+. Their mental health begins to develop as soon as they are born. In this research the goal is to go in depth of all the issues that can lead to their mental health. The research goes into topics such as lack of support from society, family, law makers, and peers. Being gay can lead to being an outcast, especially growing up. Another issue will be violence/bullying in schools. That is also a major issue that can lead to depression since they have no sense of belonging among their peers. Growing up in schools they are constantly bullied for their sexuality and this is the point in whether they will rise or fall when developing their confidence. Issued I would like to address include anti-gay laws, bullying, prejudice actions, discrimination, and violence. Below are some sources I have so far.

Meyer, I. (1995). Minority Stress and Mental Health in Gay Men. Journal of Health and    Social Behavior, 36(1), 38-56. Retrieved February 18, 2021, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/2137286

Robinson, J., & Espelage, D. (2011). Inequities in Educational and Psychological Outcomes Between LGBTQ and Straight Students in Middle and High School. Educational Researcher, 40(7), 315-330. Retrieved February 18, 2021, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/41239204

Rosky, C. (2017). ANTI-GAY CURRICULUM LAWS. Columbia Law Review, 117(6), 1461-1541. Retrieved March 4, 2021, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/44392956

Davis, H. (2014). Sex-Classification Policies as Transgender Discrimination: An Intersectional Critique. Perspectives on Politics, 12(1), 45-60. Retrieved February 18, 2021, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/43281101

Mayer, L., & McHugh, P. (2016). Sexuality and Gender: Findings from the Biological, Psychological, and Social Sciences. The New Atlantis, (50), 10-143. Retrieved February 18, 2021, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/43893424

Ueno, K., Vaghela, P., & Ritter, L. (2014). Sexual Orientation, Internal Migration, and Mental Health during the Transition to Adulthood. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 55(4), 461-481. Retrieved February 18, 2021, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/43187070

Waidzunas, T. (2012). Young, Gay, and Suicidal: Dynamic Nominalism and the Process of Defining a Social Problem with Statistics. Science, Technology, & Human Values, 37(2), 199-225. Retrieved February 18, 2021, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/41511162

Again, seeking help from therapist is a lot of help. It would be best if an LGBT+ member seeks help from a member of their community. There are many aspects on what can cause suicide. Above all mental health is number one and there are many issues that can cause mental health to fall.

This is a separate continuation of the changes/edits for the same article as above

Jordan Amstutz
Edits for my article: Suicide among LGBT youth

The discrepancy in the suicide rates between members of the LGBTQ+ community and their heterosexual counter parts is a very important area of research and conversation. For this article I would suggest better organization of the flow of the article. The way in which this could be improved is by stating what suicide is, and then begin to describe how it affects the person (brain, body, society), go into the factors that may contribute to the rates being higher, and then lastly show the counter measures that can be used to better combat and lower the rates. Keeping in mind that this article is specifically referring to these in the LGBTQ+ community.

Also, the area that I would add personally once making the changes stated above would be this information:

In a review of victimization and mental health prevalence amongst LGBTQ+ youth, conducted by Williams (2021), Williams found that victimization and mental health difficulties are highly prevalent among LGTBQ+ youth with experiences of self-harm and suicide. Victimization can be simply defined as being singled out for something that someone is or does, and also entails being treated unjustly in the process. In the LGBTQ+ community victimization is a very prominent issue, meaning that occurrence of victimization in this community seems to happen fairly often. In an article published by the Williams Institute (2020), it explains how members of the LGBTQ+ community are four times more likely to experience violent victimization, when being compared to the non-LGBTQ community. On this basis alone it can display how suicide and victimization area a huge issue in this community. The human race has always had a tough time dealing with change or anything that is different. These two factors are interrelated due to change. The average person seeks stability of some sort in their lives. That stability is shaken when there is a presence of something else that causes them to change. People have a tough time existing with people who are different, because this forces them to have to think about changing the way they are. As a result, people choose to marginalize those whom are in the minority, because they are different. Then by association the person's who is marginalized becomes the victim, and then this becomes hard for someone not to play into this identity. Victimization adds an increased amount of stress on an individuals life, because they are consistently having to defend themselves, instead of being allowed to live. This level of stress may lead to suicidal thoughts or ideation. For example, a young kid by the name of Nigel Shelby took his own life in April of 2019 due to anti-gay bullying at his school. In an interview with ABC News Camika Shelby, Nigel's mother stated that: Nigel was openly gay and had trouble accepting himself. She said he also dealt with relentless bullying at school, which led to long and dark bouts of depression. This displays how Nigel was victimized, which in time pushed him towards suicidal ideation.

Allen, K. (2019). 'He loved everybody': Alabama community picks up pieces after bullied gay teen takes his own life, family says. Retrieved from https://abcnews.go.com/US/loved-alabama-community-picks-pieces-bullied-gay-teen/story?id=62694866

Dowd, R. (2020). LGBT people nearly four times more likely than non-LGBT people to be victims of violent crime. Retrieved from https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/press/ncvs-lgbt-violence-press-release/

Williams, J., Jones, C., Arcelus, J., & Townsend, E. (2021, January 22). A systematic review and meta-analysis of victimisation and mental health prevalence among LGBTQ+ young people with experiences of self-harm and suicide. , 16(1). http://dx.doi.org/http://dx.doi.org.ezproxy.csuci.edu/10.1371/journal.pone.0245268

Here are some additional sources for information on suicide, suicide prevention, and suicide in the context of the LGBTQ+ community:

American Psychological Association. (2020). Suicide prevention. . Retrieved from https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/suicide-prevention

Grossman, Arnold H, PhD; Park, Jung Yeon, PhD; Russell, Stephen T, PhD.Journal of Gay &

Lesbian Mental Health; Binghamton Vol. 20, Iss. 4,  (2016): 329.

Heatherington, L., & Lavner, J. (2008). Coming to terms with coming out: Review and recommendations for family systems-focused research. , 22, 329-343. http://dx.doi.org/http://dx.doi.org.ezproxy.csuci.edu/10.1037/0893-3200.22.3.329

Pariseau, E., Chevalier, L., Long, K., Edwards-Leeper, L., Clapham, R., & Tishelman, A. (2019). The relationship between family acceptance-rejection and transgender youth psychosocial functioning. , 7, 267-277. http://dx.doi.org/http://dx.doi.org.ezproxy.csuci.edu/10.1037/cpp0000291

Plöderl, Martin; Fartacek, Reinhold.Archives of Sexual Behavior; New

York Vol. 38, Iss. 3,  (Jun 2009): 400-10. DOI:10.1007/s10508-007-9244-6

Tyler Hatchel; Ingram, Katherine M; Mintz, Sasha; Hartley, Chelsey; Valido, Alberto; et

al.Journal of Child and Family Studies; New York Vol. 28, Iss. 9,  (Sep 2019): 2443-

2455. DOI:10.1007/s10826-019-01339-2

Willging, C., Green, A., & Ramos, M. (2016, October 22). Implementing school nursing strategies to reduce LGBTQ adolescent suicide: a randomized cluster trial study protocol. , 11(1). http://dx.doi.org/http://dx.doi.org.ezproxy.csuci.edu/10.1186/s13012-016-0507-2

Woznicki, N., Arriaga, A., Caporale-Berkowitz, N., & Parent, M. (2020). Parasocial relationships and depression among LGBQ emerging adults living with their parents during COVID-19: The potential for online support. . http://dx.doi.org/http://dx.doi.org.ezproxy.csuci.edu/10.1037/sgd0000458

This is separate from the above information

Graciela Perez
The article I am editing: Suicide among LGBT youth

This article talks about LGBT youth attempt of suicide are higher than others among the general public. Bullying was one of the reasons briefly mentioned to connect the high numbers of LGBT youth attempting suicide. This article mentions a lot of the problems that the LGBT youth face and the psychological impressions left on these young LGBT members when they face negativity from others everywhere they go. The article is a great start to talk about how suicide attempt amongst the LGBT youth are more prevalent and the reasons as to why this is so and how this has improved over the years. Its a very good start out layout for a wikipedia page but it still need quite a lot of help in order to connect all the concepts being discussed and connecting them to each other so that it flows smoothly.

Why are LGBTQ youth more likely to think /commit suicide than their heterosexual peers? Are there reasons as to why this is more common for the LGBTQ youth? It's important to acknowledge this problem and analyze the reasons as to why LGBTQ youth are more at risk of having mental health issues that end up leading to suicidal tendencies. Often, when the LGBTQ youth comes out, they face rejection from family and in some of the worst cases are kicked out of their homes for being “different”. My research will gather all these stats and reasons (both family discrimination and harassment faced at school) for poor mental health and sducidal ideation so that similar information is brought together in one place and can be a helpful part of the page that will inform others.

The talk page on this article shows that there is a lot of missing information in regards to adding statistics to further support and back up statements such as suicide attempts are more prevalent in the LGBT youth. The links of the page need to be looked over for any dead links or outdated sources that wouldn't help this page become current information.

Edits that I am thinking about:

Edits I have done:
 * Expanding more on the reasons as to why LGBT youth are more vulnerable and the reasons as to why they attempt suicide in the first place
 * mainly focusing on school life and family rejection
 * want to look through the page and see if I can add more statistics to back up the information being dicussed


 * I have added a missing link to some information on the wiki page
 * focused on family acceptance since bullying was mentioned already throughout the wiki page very well by others

Sources I will use:

Johnson, R B. 2013. “Suicide Prevention for LGBT Students.” New Directions for Student Services 2013 (141): 55–69. https://doi.org/info:doi/.

Joseph P. Robinson, and Dorothy L. Espelage. 2012. “Bullying Explains Only Part of LGBTQ—Heterosexual Risk Disparities: Implications for Policy and Practice.” Educational Researcher 41 (8): 309–19. https://doi.org/10.3102/0013189X12457023.

Mustanski, Brian and Richard T. Liu. "A Longitudinal Study of Predictors of Suicide Attempts among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth." Archives of Sexual Behavior 42, no. 3 (04, 2013): 437-48. doi: http://dx.doi.org.ezproxy.csuci.edu/10.1007/s10508-012-0013-9. https://proxy.summit.csuci.edu/login?url=https://www-proquest-com.ezproxy.csuci.edu/scholarly-journals/longitudinal-study-predictors-suicide-attempts/docview/1315954627/se-2?accountid=7284.

Schmitz, Rachel M. and Kimberly A. Tyler. "The Complexity of Family Reactions to Identity among Homeless and College Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Young Adults." Archives of Sexual Behavior 47, no. 4 (05, 2018): 1195-1207. doi: http://dx.doi.org.ezproxy.csuci.edu/10.1007/s10508-017-1014-5. https://proxy.summit.csuci.edu/login?url=https://www-proquest-com.ezproxy.csuci.edu/scholarly-journals/complexity-family-reactions-identity-among/docview/2023322410/se-2?accountid=7284.

White, A. E., Moeller, J., Ivcevic, Z., Brackett, M. A., & Stern, R. (2018). LGBTQ adolescents’ positive and negative emotions and experiences in U.S. high schools. Sex Roles, 79(9-10), 594-608. doi: http://dx.doi.org.summit.csuci.edu/10.1007/s11199-017-0885-1

Porta, Carolyn M, Gower, Amy L, Mehus, Christopher J, Yu, Xiaohui, Saewyc, Elizabeth M, and Eisenberg, Marla E. 2017. ““Kicked Out”: LGBTQ Youths' Bathroom Experiences and Preferences.” Journal of Adolescence (London, England.) 56: 107–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2017.02.005.

Jake Jared
The article I am editing is Suicide among LGBT youth.

I am looking to insert this section right below internalized and institutionalized Homophobia.

These edits majorly expand on how suicidal ideation is inflamed through Health care and can potentially increase suicide rates.

A lot of the format for being an encyclopedia entry still seems to not make much sense to me, But this has been corrected and redrafted to fix grammatical errors as well as clear up some mistake within the writing.

Barriers within Health Care: Inflaming Suicidal Ideation.
While life can offer a number of struggles in general, facing barriers within health care can make these struggles even more difficult and stressful. With suicide being such a prevalent issue, the struggle of finding proper and effective health care that does not discriminate can potentially drive suicidal ideation to new highs. Systemic discrimination against LGBTQ individuals within health care has consequences that range beyond physical impacts, as facing health crises can exasperate feelings of hopelessness and drive suicidal ideation within individuals. These barriers faced can differ between individuals and regions yet these center around similar issues such as: Availability of tailored services, the affordability of tailored services, and acceptability of tailored care. These three major themes are core causes and defining factors of how health discrimination takes place.

Availability of services

The Availability of Services, or lack thereof, is a problem created by the limited or Non-existence of LGBTQ tailored services. In our current healthcare system, we have a wide variety of healthcare professionals that specialize in a unique field, however, there is a lack of Specialists for LGBTQ Individuals. According to Individual and Systemic Barriers to Health Care: Perspectives of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Adults  written by Meghan Romanelli and Kimberly D. Hudson:

Participants also noted the lack of specific types of services for the community, including mental health care and preventive care. Among transgender participants, there was not only a need to develop both of these types of services, but for health and mental health care to become integrated and centralized. (pg.720)

What this is describing is a want for inclusive and effective health care for LGBTQ individuals that could ultimately reduce the mental struggles of living with health problems or feelings of hopelessness from not finding health care professionals that suit the needs of these people.

Affordability of services

The affordability of tailored services creates yet another disparity due to the large number of homeless People that are LGBTQ as well as the high cost of most treatments for LGBTQ individuals (Especially those who are trans). According to the National Institute of Mental health, two of the Major factors in suicidal ideation are Financial strain and medical illness. With this in mind, considering that Medical treatments for an already at risk group creating heavy financial stress can be extremely problematic. One individual interviewed in Individual and Systemic Barriers to Health Care: Perspectives of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Adults Explained how these financial barriers could build stress. They state, “If you’re transgender, you may need to have surgery for something and your insurance will not cover it, so where does that leave you? You got a procedure done but now they do not wanna cover the other half, where does that leave you? That alone, to me is stress. (Participant 26)” (Pg 720).

Acceptance of Services

Finally, Acceptance of tailored care is an issue created less by systemic Barriers, but more by social barriers due to The lack of Nondiscriminatory care within our current healthcare systems. Individuals may be unaware of patient rights that they have, or they may have fear of the stigma that is paired with specific health care treatments such as HIV testing. A participant interview for Individual and Systemic Barriers to Health Care: Perspectives of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Adults Suggests; “ HIV stigma contributed to forgone testing, and offered a solution to challenge issues with HIV testing’s acceptability, saying ‘I think if people went into places like clubs and things like that, and didn’t make HIV such a disgusting thing, kids would be more willing to get tested.’ ”. (Pg 719). With this effect of stigma paired with living with a medical illness, suicidal ideation is certainly affected through these barriers. The more medical problems an individual has, the higher the strain on mental health. However, with the development of more inclusive, affordable, and effective healthcare, we can potentially lower the rates of suicide.

Romanelli, Meghan, & Hudson, Kimberly D. (2017). Individual and Systemic Barriers to

Health Care: Perspectives of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Adults. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 87(6), 714–728. https://doi.org/10.1037/ort0000306