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Mental health and LGBTQ teens

A recent survey of LGBTQ teens highlights the disconnect between problems and solutions. Tune in for a conversation with the reluctant therapist, ... View article...

New app for LGBTQ teens, young adults focusing on mental health launches in Colorado

Last year, 41% of LGBTQ teens and young adults ages 13-24 considered taking their lives, according to the “2023 U.S. National Survey on the Mental ... View article...

LGBQ teens face serious suicide risk, research finds

LGBQ teens face serious suicide risk, research finds - There are still too many LGBTQ young people growing up in harmful environments where they are rejected at home or at church or school; they face pervasive bullying; they lack access to safe or supportive spaces and don't have supportive physical or mental health care, and all those comorbidities ...

How Access to Gender-Affirming Care Can Greatly Boost Mental Health of Trans Teens

It surveyed a total of 34,759 LGBTQ youth between 13 and 24 years old. Out of that number, 11,914 identified as being transgender or nonbinary, ... View article...

Creating safe spaces: Palm Springs facility offers refuge, support for LGBTQ+ teens facing ...

The CDC notes that LGBTQ youth are over twice as likely to attempt suicide, and hostile environments exacerbate mental and physical health risks. From ... View article...