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LGBTQ youths struggle with mental health issues, survey finds

LGBTQ youths struggle with mental health issues, survey finds

Madeline Laguaite

The Trevor Project, the world’s largest suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for LGBTQ young people, recently surveyed about 40,000 LGBTQ people across the United States who were ages 13-24 to gain insight regarding mental health, among other topics.

A key finding was that 40 percent of the respondents said they had seriously considered suicide in the past year. While troubling, those statistics weren’t a shock to public health experts.

“I think we know that LGBTQ youth are a vulnerable population and I think we could do so much more to support them,” says Jessica Bernacki, a licensed clinical psychologist at the UCLA Gender Health Program, who was not a part of the Trevor Project research team.

LGBTQ+ affirming therapy in the Athens community

LGBTQ+ affirming therapy in the Athens community

Madeline Laguaite

Many people use and even rely on therapy as a treatment. Whether it be a means of overcoming some sort of emotional or physical trauma or simply working on aspects of personal life, such as self-image, therapy can be crucial.

For the Athens LGBTQ+ community, resources for therapy can be difficult to find. Locating a clinician who has both experience treating people who identify as queer or transgender and understands their perspective is a challenge. However, a few groups and organizations within Athens are making it their prerogative to change that.