Tag: mental health
Years & Years’ Olly Alexander On Helping Fans Deal With Their Sexuality
Olly Alexander says that fans telling their personal stories about their sexuality or about mental health or just stuff they are going through.
Sweden’s Health and Welfare study of mental illness among same-sex couples show the need of action
This week the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare (Socialstyrelsen) presented a registry study that shows the increase in mental illness, and risk use among people in same-sex marriage compared to people in different-sex marriages.
Transgender Veterans Have High Rates Of Mental Health Problems
Among military veterans identifying as transgender, 90 percent have at least one mental health diagnosis, such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or depression, and nearly 50 percent had a hospitalisation after a suicide attempt or suicidal thoughts.
Wentworth Miller harassed for his weight – responds by revealing a secret
«Prison Break» star, Wentworth Miller writes on Facebook, today : I found myself the subject of an Internet meme. Not for the first time.
Conversion therapy: Health professionals say ethical, legal obligations could clash in Malta
The Malta Chamber of Psychologists said that while homosexuals should enjoy the same rights as everyone else in Maltese society, the proposed Bill which will criminalise conversion therapy will ‘directly impact’ their profession.
Ireland : Gay teenagers continue to endure widespread bullying
The LGBTIReland Report, one of the largest national studies of mental health and wellbeing of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people, has just been launched.