Suicide in sexual minority populations: A systematic review of evidence-based studies

Health Inequities in LGBT People and Nursing Interventions to Reduce Them: A Systematic Review

“…After the search, we obtained a total of 381 records, of which 16 articles were selected: 1 systematic review and meta-analysis [28], 5 systematic reviews [29][30][31][32][33], 1 cross-sectional descriptive study [34], 4 qualitative studies [35][36][37][38], and 5 quasi-experimental pre-testpost-test studies [39][40][41][42][43]. Regarding the variables of the reviews, 6 articles addressed the specific health needs of LGBT people [28,29,[31][32][33][34], 3 focused on LGBT people's experiences and perceptions [35][36][37], and 10 presented nursing interventions in the LGBT community [30][31][32][33][38][39][40][41][42][43].…”

“…According to the classification by the World Bank [44], 8 articles were from high-income economies (the USA, Canada, and Ireland) and 2 were from upper-middle-income economies (Turkey and Thailand). Of the articles selected, 4 studies centred their investigation on LGBT people in general [34][35][36][37], 3 focused on LGBT youth [29,32,33], 1 specifically analysed trans youth [31], and another examined trans women and trans men [28]; 7 studies assessed the training of health professionals and students [30,[38][39][40][41][42][43], some of which focused on nurses [40,43] or nursing students [38,41].…”

Suicide among LGBTQIA+ youth: A review of the treatment literature

“…These findings indicate thatfor those who are affirmed by appearing more masculine than beforebeing perceived as more masculine or androgynous could also lead to positive and affirming interactional changes for transgender and non-binary people who were assigned female at birth. Among lesbian, gay and bisexual people, bisexual youth may be particularly vulnerable to suicide (Pompili et al, 2014;Yıldız, 2018). Bisexual youth, followed by lesbian and gay youth, are more likely to exhibit suicidal behavior (Toomey et al, 2018) than their peers.…”

“…Suicidality has been clearly linked to minority stressors for these populations. Such stressors include gender dysphoria, family rejection, identity-based victimization, bullying, stigma, discrimination, and abuse (Aitken et al, 2016;Goldblum et al, 2012;Grossman et al, 2016;Matarazzo et al, 2014;Petersen et al, 2017;Testa et al, 2017;Staples et al, 2017;Yıldız, 2018). There are also multiple protective factors that inhibit the internalization of these stressors.…”

“…Bullying and peer victimization are among the strongest predictors of suicide for sexual and gender minority youth. These populations are often more likely to experience bullying and discrimination from their peers compared to cisgender and heterosexual youth (Hatchel et al, 2019;Matarazzo et al, 2014;Yıldız, 2018). In a study with sexual and gender minority high school students, Hatchel et al (2019) found that peer victimization was associated with suicidality and undermined school belongingness and self-compassion.…”