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Suicide Research
RecommendationsPrevention of mental distress• Early intervention to prevent problems before they become unbearable. • Provide individual, family and relationship therapy and other forms of support to young gay and bisexual men. • Provide support to friends and family who are supporting young people with suicidal feelings. • Develop initiatives to challenge institutional and social homophobia and heterosexism. Information of sources of support• Campaign to raise awareness of sources of support for young gay and bisexual men in distress. Training for professionals• Provide appropriate training to mental health professionals and others likely to be approached by suicidal gay and bisexual men. Specifically, there is a need to develop mental health services which do not pathologise Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender people’s sexual orientation or gender identity. • Develop training programmes and appropriate policy frameworks to challenge homophobic bullying in schools. Further research• We strongly recommend further research into the mental health needs of LGB and T people. Specifically, we would like to see further research into suicidal thoughts, feelings and behaviours, preferably with a much larger sample and using the same questions as were used for the “Non-fatal suicidal behaviour among adults aged 16 to 74 in Great Britain”, with a control group of young heterosexual men. This would allow much more accurate comparison with the general population. • We particularly need to investigate the appropriateness of existing services which currently appear to be failing young gay and bisexual men. We need to know what works and what doesn’t for this population. • Make young gay and bisexual men a priority group for further research and for specific targeted interventions regarding suicide and self-harm.
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