• Mental Health and Sexual Minority Individuals

Mental Health and Sexual Minority Individuals

Duration: 32 mins Publication Date: 22 Apr 2025 Next Review Date: 22 Apr 2028 DOI: 10.13056/acamh.13707

Description

What does the term ‘sexual minority’ mean? Why might sexual minority adolescents have poorer mental health? How can we support sexual minority youth with their mental health? All this and more answered as Professor Umar Toseeb interviews Kunle Oginni about his research into the mental health of sexual minority individuals, including young people, using genetic research designs.

Learning Objectives

1. Insight into what is meant by the terms ‘sexual minority’ and ‘gender non-conforming’.
2. The mental health of sexual minority adolescents and potential differences within sexual minority groups with regards to mental health.
3. Why might sexual minority adolescents have poorer mental health compared to sexual majority adolescents?
4. Genetic influences, gender nonconformity, sexual minority status, and mental health.
5. Sexual minority status and mental health across different cultural contexts.
6. Recommendations for how to support sexual minority youth with their mental health.

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