This introduction talk aims to provide participants with an increased awareness of LGBTQ+ mental health,, including the cultural challenges faced by LGBTQ+ individuals, common mental health inequalities and and key strategies to promote more inclusive support provision.
LGBTQ+ individuals are at higher risk of mild to moderate mental ill health, with LGBTQ+ youth being five times more likely to attempt suicide than their heterosexual peers. Factors such as societal stigma, discrimination, and struggles with identity contribute to these disparities.
Learning Objective Participants Can Expect From This Event
- Increased awareness of the unique mental health challenges faced by LGBTQ+ individuals, including stigma, discrimination, and minority stress.
- Recognise the common mental health issues within the LGBTQ+ community and understand the importance of inclusive interventions.
- Increased awareness of key strategies to promote more inclusive mental health service and care support for members of the LGBTQ+ community.
Who is This Workshop Appropriate For?
- Any service providers and practitioners providing some form of mental health support to members of the LGBTQ+ community. This includes all health and social practitioners, policing, and wider wellbeing services.
How May This Workshop Impact Your Practice?
- By the end of the talk, you will have increased knowledge to provide a more culturally informed support environment for LGBTQ+ individuals experiencing mental ill health.
Course Content
Presenter
Dr Maxwell (PhD) is a clinical academic with 20 years experience within the mental health care system, with diversity in supporting people experiencing complex health issues, including trauma. He has a PhD in Global Public Health from UCL, which was related to minority sexual health inequalIties. Over the recent three years he has passionately focused his research and teaching on driving work to raise awareness of LGBTQ+ intimate partner violence. This work has focused on the UK in engaging with government to drive more informed policy and the development of practical resources to better support culturally competent service provision.
