Mental Health in the LGBTQ community with Jude Guaitamacchi | European Mental Health Week 2023

Watch the Instagram Live on "Mental Health in the LGBTQ+ community" hosted by MHE Jr. Communication Officer Margi Marchetti for the #EuropeanMentalHealthWeek 2023 with Jude Guaitamacchi (@becomingjude on social media).
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ABOUT THE EVENT
LGBTQ+ individuals often live in vulnerable circumstances that make them more likely to develop mental health issues. Being a member of the LGBTQ+ community does not directly cause mental health problems. Instead, it’s the amount of stigma and (covert and overt) discrimination, homophobia, transphobia, social isolation and rejection, barriers to healthcare, legal protection and microaggression that make LGBTQ+ people more exposed to experience mental health issues, often from a very young age.
In this Instagram Live, we discussed the main barriers the LGBTQ+ community faces when it comes to mental health and access to mental health services, as well as practices that the community developed to support its members. Ultimately, we touched upon the support that society and institutions must offer to the LGBTQ+ community to meet their needs and demands, and to allow LGBTQ+ people to thrive.
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