Tuesday 24 January 2017

Is the mental healthcare system meeting the needs of sexual and gender minorities?

(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) A study of mental health care and untreated depression among participants in Ontario, Canada, showed up to a 2.4 times greater self-perceived unmet need for transgender individuals and bisexual women compared to heterosexual, cisgender women. The reported differences in unmet need could be partly explained by social factors including discrimination, limited social support, and exclusion from healthcare services, as described in an article in Journal of Women's Health.

from EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science http://ift.tt/2jasgO6

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