Presentation by Moira Clunie at Suicide Prevention 2013, a conference in Auckland, New Zealand to mark World Suicide Prevention Day.
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1. Stigma and minority stress: preventing suicide in rainbow
communities World Suicide Prevention Day: 10 September 2013 Moira
Clunie
2. www.spinz.org.nz 3. an umbrella term to describe people who
do not identify as heterosexual, or do not fit standard gender
norms. "Rainbow" 4. GLBTI individuals experience higher levels of
mental health distress than their heterosexual counterparts 5.
Same/both-sex-attracted students reported higher rates of
depression, suicide and self-harm compared to their
opposite-sex-attracted peers. 6. Discrimination and exclusion are
the key causal factors of LGBTI mental ill-health and suicidality
7. The health and wellbeing of same/both sex attracted students was
negatively affected by their social environment. 8. Rates of
attempted suicide in young people when supported or rejected by
family (Hillier et al. 2011) 9. Mental health promotion to
strengthen: -Individual -Organisations -Communities -Whole
societies 10. Photo: Kiran Foster. Used under Creative Commons
Attribution license 11. inform ways to improve the access to, and
experience of, mental health and addiction services to the Rainbow
Community in the ADHB catchment area. 12. strengthen individuals
self-esteem, self-efficacy, life and coping skills, relationship
and social connections 13. Moira Clunie
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