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There is racial disparity in suicide. There is racial disparity in suicide? 🤨 There is racial disparity (even) in suicide! 😣 📈From 2018 to 2021, the racial group that saw the largest increase in suicides among people 10-24 years old was Black individuals, with an increase of 37%. FACT:: From 2000 to 2020, Black youth ages 10-19 also experienced the largest increase in suicide rates, a shocking 78%. 👧🏾And in a research study among the youngest children — ages 5-12 — Black youth were approximately two times more likely to die by suicide than their White counterparts. 👨🏾🎓Black students also had a higher rate of suicide attempts when compared to their White and Hispanic counterparts. 👩🏾Black adolescent females lead prevalence rates of suicide attempts compared with adolescent females of other racial-ethnic groups. In 2020, suicide was the leading cause of death for Black girls aged 12 to 14, *Arielle Sheftall, an associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Rochester Medical Center in New York. “Current evidence-based reviews suggest that dialectical behavior therapy is a well-established treatment against self-harm and suicide among youths. However, it is unknown whether current established treatments work for Black youths, because Black youths are rarely included in randomized controlled trials.” *Resources and citations in slides Racial inequality shouldn’t follow anyone all the way to death. #blacktherapist #emdr #emdrtherapy #emdrtherapist #suicideprevention #suicideawareness #brainspotting

#informationsharing A wonderful article by scholars at the Forensic Psychiatry Institute and the Canadian Psychiatric Association, which thoughtfully acknowledges Psychiatry's historical contribution to the discriminatory experiences of LGB persons and its continued impact for Transgender persons. Moreover, it beautifully highlights yet again the risk for mental health challenges for LGBT individuals and th need for LGBT affirming mental health services, which requires adequate knowledge, affirming attitudes, and skills. I too argued this in my upcoming journal articles. Anyway, when you have a moment do take a read. #LGBTaffirmingMentalHealthCare#ForensicPsychiatry #knowledge #attitudes #skills

The Forensic Psychiatry Institute’s Dr. Gary Chaimowitz is a coauthor of the Canadian Psychiatric Association’s recent position paper on #MentalHealth care for people who are 2SLGBTQ+ “This position paper addresses the need for psychiatrists to increase their understanding of the mental health needs of people who identify themselves as two spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and other minority sexual orientations and gender identities (2SLGBTQ+) with a particular focus on the need for a more comprehensive approach to care for transgender and gender diverse individuals.” Veltman, A., Rose, T., & Chaimowitz, G. (2024). Mental health care for people who identify as two spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and (or) queer (2SLGBTQ+). Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 69(2), 140–155. https://lnkd.in/epUmfX9S

Go🙏 Mayor Konstantine Anthony! It’s NOT the American Dream to be homeless, but it is to bootsrap your way up to Mayor of #Burbank, California (“Capital of Media”) - not least when you also happen to be #autistic. Then there’s another human dream: to celebrate diversity for more inclusive, innovative societies. 🧠Research shows more than half the people who live on the streets are not addicts, but #neurodivergent: autistic, #bipolar or most common of all #schizophrenic. 🧬More than a few have genetic differences, which can increase rate of #neurodivergence by a factor of 10. Scary? Yes. For them. ➡️They far more likely to be harmed or harm themselves than to harm anyone else. ➡️Research shows it it is less likely to be victim of a crime by a person who is neurodivergent or mental Ill than by your average citizen. ➡️Not that it never happens, it just means if there’s one place you’re safer than most - strange as this may sound - it is not in the “sanctity” of your home, but with the homeless. Really!? Yes, really. ➡️For example 1 out of 4 women will suffer physical violance the “sactity of their homes”. ➡️The most vulnerable of all being those who are already #ADHD, #Autistic, #MentallyIll #Neurodiverse or #Chromodiverse. 🚀#Neuroinclusive and #neuroinclusive cities of the world, unite! ☀️My XXY | Chromodiversity Foundation #Chromodiversity #CreateBetterFutures #ItsInOurDNA 🎙️Chromodiversity Podcast. Learn more about the science and lived experience of genetic diversity at: Chromodiversity.com Tags for awareness, message me if you prefer not to be tagged in the future. Vineet Thapar (He/Heem) Susie Hamlin Ric Clark Brock Vestrum, MBA, CSPO, A-CSM Stephen Malherbe Elizabeth Beck Katherine McCord Ludmila Praslova, Ph.D., SHRM-SCP, Âû Theo Smith Neurodiverse Brains in the Workplace ADHD, ASC & LD (Dyslexia, Dyscalculia, Dyspraxia, Dysgraphia) Belgium Neurodiversity in Business (NiB) - the Neurodiversity Charity Alona Korenfeld Rob O’Donohue, ACC Ash Ahmad Alfred Jonker Catarina Rivera, MSEd, MPH, CPACC Becca Lory Hector Céline Flores Willers Lavinia D. Osbourne Igor Korolev, DO, PhD 🧠🇺🇦🇮🇱 Isaac Harvey MBE Julie Harris Kat Alexander Lavinia D. Osbourne

Navigating Adolescent Health: Common Challenges and Solutions Adolescence is a critical period of physical, emotional, and social development, marked by numerous health challenges. Understanding the common challenges faced by adolescents and exploring solutions and preventive measures are… #Adolescence >>> Read more

Yes, statistically, autistic individuals without co-occurring intellectual disabilities do have a higher prevalence of suicidality. ( heavy ideation) me😔💚💯❤️🔥 Here are some key findings from recent research: Suicidal Ideation: Approximately 34.2% of autistic individuals without intellectual disabilities experience suicidal thoughts. Suicide Plans: ( doesn’t everyone😳) Around 21.9% of this group report having made suicide plans. Suicidal Attempts and Behaviors: The prevalence of actual suicide attempts and behaviors is 24.3%1. Interestingly, these rates do not significantly differ between autistic and possibly autistic individuals. Factors like geographical location, gender identity, and age group can influence suicidality, emphasizing the need for clinical attention and research in both groups.

We need to wake up and protect our youth. Children and teens do NOT have the developmental capacity to make decisions about which gender they are. The push on introducing gender theory/ideology at a young age has been detrimental in our kids’ mental health. Adolescents have immature brains and are unable to think about the lifelong implications that comes with puberty-blockers and surgery to alter who they are biologically. As stated in article below: “because the future well-being of young patients and their families is at stake, the field must stop relying on social justice arguments and return to time-honored principles of evidence-based medicine”. There needs to be a more holistic approach with psychiatric interventions rather than running to gender-altering, affirming. Besides research, (not the deeply deeply flawed ones based on unproven or disproven assumptions) I’ve personally heard countless stories that point to how individuals regret their transition surgery and puberty blockers. When an individual goes against their biological makeup, it’s no wonder mental health is effected negatively. There the long-term consequences of these things. Isn’t the motto in our field “do no harm” and use evidence-based principles? Please note*: We need to love all people. But loving people doesn’t necessarily equal accepting everything they do. https://lnkd.in/g44dFRTT #counseling #protectouryouth #identity

Our paper "negative familial weight talk and weight bias internalization in a US sample of children and adolescents" is now available in Pediatric Obesity: https://lnkd.in/evPzRpYR. We examined the relationship between weight stigma from family members and internalized bias across gender, weight status, and racial and ethnic identity. ➡ Findings illustrate that children who experience more frequent weight stigma from family members (e.g., weight-related teasing) have higher levels of weight bias internalization. ➡ The relationship between weight stigma from family members and weight bias internalization was observed in boys and girls, adolescents of any weight status, and non-Hispanic White early adolescents. No relationship was observed for early adolescents who identified as Hispanic or non-Hispanic Black.

Open Access ACAMH Featured Paper from JCPP Advances Identifying characteristics of adolescents with persistent loneliness during COVID-19: A multi-country eight-wave longitudinal study https://bit.ly/3tXQKEB 'Elevated #Loneliness experiences characterise young people. While loneliness at this developmental juncture may emerge from age-typical upheaval in social relationships, there is little data on the extent to which young people experience high and persistent levels of loneliness, and importantly, who is most vulnerable to these experiences. Using the widespread social restrictions associated with the #COVID19 pandemic, which precipitated loneliness in many, we aimed to examine adolescents’ loneliness profiles across time and the demographic predictors (age, sex, and country) of more severe trajectories.' Author(s): Laura Riddleston, Meenakshi Shukla, Iris Lavi, Eloise Saglio, Delia Fuhrmann, Rakesh Pandey, Tushar Singh, Pamela Qualter, Jennifer Y. F. Lau #Psychology #Psychiatry #CAMH #CAMHS #Science #Research #Academic #MentalHealth #MentalHealthResearch #MentalHealthMatters #MentalHealthAwareness