“A 2019 report from the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law found a connection between experiences of discrimination, including in medical care, and suicidality for transgender adults, with participants who had experienced discrimination being twice as likely to have attempted suicide compared to those who had not experienced discrimination.”
“A 2015 study from the National Center for Transgender Equality opened many people’s eyes to the devastating effects of widespread stigma and discrimination on physical and mental health in the transgender community. Among the more shocking and dismaying statistics was that 40 percent of respondents had attempted suicide in their lifetimes, nearly 10 times the national average.”
“As the AMA’s brief stated, barring transgender females from participating in school-sponsored organized sports consistent with their gender identity frustrates the treatment of gender dysphoria by preventing them from living openly in accordance with their true gender. The AMA continues to work with state medical associations to oppose legislation that would compound the stigma and discrimination that transgender people face.”
“Sometimes it’s easier for a caller to say, ‘I need someone to look at my books,’ than admit they are struggling with anxiety or depression,” Downes says. “Our trained counselors often find underlying issues to address. We may work with families for years, but in an emergency, of course, we do our best to get help to them immediately.”
Of all of the barriers to accessing mental health care in rural communities, telehealth has helped two in a major way: travel times and stigma….
This has been an enormous change for members of the agriculture community, who according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention commit suicide at a higher rate than any other profession.
As the world copes with a global pandemic, a historical pandemic has also been illuminated: the racism pandemic. We are becoming increasingly aware of the biases inherent in the structures that frame our society, and the need to enact change is urgent. If we accept the premise that existing systems are racist, we need to turn them upside down to achieve non-racist outcomes
“Racism is pervasive. Its negative impact exists in many forms. The field of psychiatry has not been exempt from this unfortunate truth, past or present. Such truth is of great concern as psychiatry represents a group of professionals whose primary purpose is to assess, diagnose, and treat serious persistent mental illness.”
How does racism contribute to Distorted Perceptions in psychiatry?
