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Treat Systems, Not Symptoms: Defending the Sanity of the Oppressed

Mad in America

1 Persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness have also been on the rise during this period, with female and LGBTQ+ adolescents being particularly affected. 1 This burden in mental health systems is paralleled globally, and yet, the WHO estimates that 35 to 50% of individuals in high income countries like the U.S.

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Rainbows in the storm: Navigating hostility and hope in LGBTQ+ lives   

Centre for Mental Health

These are tough times for LGBTQ+ people, amongst the toughest I have known.After several years of what felt like steady progress, in the UK, at least, the picture is changing rapidly and dramatically. LGBTQ+ young people are frequently excluded by friends and family after coming out. Homophobic bullying in schools is widespread.