Articles about Mental Health

13 May 2013
Ireland: New LGBT advice guide launched for GPs 1 The Irish College of General Practitioners has launched a new LGBT guide for GPs.
28 March 2013
UK: Alleged bus poison plotter claims he became HIV positive by ‘homosexual paedophile gang’ + A man who claims he became HIV positive as a result of sexual abuse by a "homosexual paedophile gang" had "violent fantasies" about causing a deadly poison attack on a bus in Surrey, a court has heard.
22 March 2013
Analysis: Trans suicide and the way the media reports the trans community 37 Following the death of Lucy Meadows, Maeve Regan explores for PinkNews the impact of transphobic language in the media and the findings from the Trans Mental Health Study.
19 March 2013
London: LGBT mental health service Outcome faces uncertain future 4 A charitable service in north London which supports LGBT people with mental health issues could be forced to close.
15 February 2013
Comment: No one should ever feel like they need to go back into the closet when it comes to receiving care 9 Roger Newman MBE, co-founder of the LGBT support group of the Alzheimer’s Society, writes for PinkNews.co.uk about some of the key difficulties that LGBT people face when entering the care system.
14 February 2013
London LGBT charity PACE launches new online mental health service 2 PACE, London’s leading charity promoting the mental health and wellbeing of the LGBT community, is launching an additional online service.
29 January 2013
Study shows when gay people come out, it can improve their mental health 7 Lesbians, gay men and bisexuals who are out have lower stress hormones than those who hide their sexuality, according to a study in Canada.
22 January 2013
Video: Trans community speak of their hurt at Julie Burchill’s Observer article 23 Scottish Transgender Alliance is championing a YouTube video that shows personal individual responses to a transphobic article published in the Observer this month.
3 January 2013
Study: Bisexual men ‘on the down low’ risk poor mental health 9 A new study shows bisexual men are far less likely to reveal their sexual orientation than gay men, and that keeping it a secret risks damaging their health.
4 December 2012
American Psychiatric Association to stop classifying transgender people as having a mental illness 17 The American Psychiatric Association has agreed to no longer classify people who are transgender and non-gender conforming as having mental illness.
29 August 2012
Study: Hearing the phrase “That’s so gay” can cause lasting harm 45 The University of Michigan has released the results of a study which revealed that gay, lesbian or bisexual students who hear phrases such as "that's so gay" more often are more likely to suffer health problems.
11 April 2012
Study: Coming out is good for your health, if your parents are supportive 31 Coming out as gay, lesbian or bisexual to one's parents, especially supportive ones, can significantly improve their mental health, while reducing their propensities for substance abuse, a study by researchers at Boston University has found.
2 April 2012
Australia: Poor mental health among LGBT people 31 Almost 80 per cent of LGBT Australians have suffered from intense anxiety in the past year alone, according to a new survey released today.
24 January 2012
Gay teen Jack Frew was ‘a threat’ to killer’s new relationship + The High Court in Glasgow has heard testimony from forensic psychiatrist Dr Sharat Shetty, who said that Craig Roy, on trial for the murder of schoolboy Jack Frew, described the deceased as a "sex pest".
25 August 2010
Attitude magazine tackles mental health issues in gay men 26 The latest edition of Attitude, the UK's best-selling gay magazine, is focusing on the sensitive - and often taboo - issue of mental health problems in gay men.

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