Black LGBTQ youth, despite high levels of mental health issues, receive less professional care, study says.
Price-Feeney said that while the reason for this discrepancy isn’t known for sure, it is most likely due to a combination of factors that cause black youth to fall behind their nonblack peers: access to care, the relevant cultural competency of providers, and representation in the field.
Previous studies have shown that black LGB youth experience mental health issues at a higher rate than heterosexual black youth as well. An March 2019conducted by researchers at American University and published in the journal Culture, Health and Sexuality found that 56 percent of black LGB youth were at risk for depression, compared with 28 percent of their heterosexual peers.
“Stigma, stereotypes and bullying specific to one's identity, those contribute to these differences in health outcomes,” Mereish said. “We need to address racism, heterosexism, transphobia, in schools and society, because these adolescents are exposed to it all the time.”
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