Higher suicide risk due to structural racism and anti-LGBTQ policies may require strict policy reformation to reduce it among minority men.
Overview Suicide
Suicide is an act of ending one's own life and it usually results from emotional isolations and inability to adjust and cope with one's environment.
Suicide is an act of ending one's own life and it usually results from emotional isolations and inability to adjust and cope with one's environment.
‘Higher suicide risk due to structural racism and anti-LGBTQ policies may require strict policy reformation to reduce it among young Black gay, bisexual, and other sexual minority men.’
It was found that anti-Black and anti-LGBTQ policies were associated with suicide risk factors like depressive symptoms, perceived burdensomeness, heavy drinking, thwarted belongingness, self-harm, suicidal ideation, and suicide attempts among young Black sexual minority men. “Our research suggests that structural oppression is a matter of life and death for young Black sexual minority men. The data indicates that racist and anti-LGBTQ U.S. state policies, like those that discriminate against Black and LGBTQ communities in housing, incarceration and economic opportunity, are linked to higher risk for suicide for these young men,” says lead researcher Devin English, assistant professor at the Rutgers School of Public Health.
The study thereby highlights the need for structural and policy interventions like federal protections, Equality Act for LGBTQ communities, dismantling structural racism, racist policing, and the numerous manifestations at all levels of US society.
Depression - Symptom Evaluation
Depression occurs due to alterations in the levels of neurotransmitters in the brain.
Depression occurs due to alterations in the levels of neurotransmitters in the brain.
Gay, Bisexual Men Have Lower Suicide Risk in More Tolerant Countries: Study
Lower risk of suicide and depression is seen among gay and bisexual men who move from a country with high stigma toward LGBTQ people to one more accepting of LGBTQ rights.
Lower risk of suicide and depression is seen among gay and bisexual men who move from a country with high stigma toward LGBTQ people to one more accepting of LGBTQ rights.
Genes Associated With Suicide Identified
New gene expression studies offer fresh insights into the underlying causes of suicide. Suicide is a highly complex public health problem that takes the lives of more than 800,000 people each year worldwide.
New gene expression studies offer fresh insights into the underlying causes of suicide. Suicide is a highly complex public health problem that takes the lives of more than 800,000 people each year worldwide.
