Sexuality News

BALTIMORE — PCPs can play a “central role” in assisting adolescent LGBTQ patients when they decide to reveal their sexual or gender identity to family members, particularly when they are at risk for rejection and violence, according to data presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting.

Screening positively for military sexual trauma was independently associated with postdeployment homelessness, particularly among male veterans, according to recent findings.

A recent press release from the AAP called for the repeal of North Carolina’s HB2 legislation, which omitted transgender citizens from protection by specifying that certain anti-discrimination and public facility rights are only guaranteed based on “biological sex [as] stated on a person’s birth certificate.”

PHILADELPHIA — Data presented here indicated family conflict did not play a role between LGBQ status and depression or suicidal ideation among LGBQ youth at high-risk for suicide.

PHILADELPHIA — Anxiety and related disorders were significantly more common among sexual minority young adults than heterosexual peers, and stressors such as sexual orientation concealment and community attitudes were associated with disorders, according to data presented here.

PHILADELPHIA — Results from a randomized controlled trial presented at the Anxiety and Depression Association of America annual conference indicated preliminary efficacy of an intervention adapted for mental health issues and co-occurring health risks in young adult gay and bisexual men.

LGBTQ individuals are approximately three times more likely to experience a mental health disorder, such as depression or generalized anxiety disorder, compared with other individuals, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness.

Mental health, substance abuse and comorbid psychiatric disorders were common in a community-recruited sample of young transgender women, further indicating a need to restructure transgender health care.

Socially transitioned transgender children who are supported in their gender identity had developmentally normative levels of depression and slightly increased levels of anxiety, compared with nontransgender peers.

LGBT youth who experienced steadily high or increasing levels of victimization from adolescence to early adulthood had increased risk for depression and PTSD.