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LGBTQA+ Mental Health and Suicidality: Australian Capital Territory Briefing Paper

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Suicidality and mental ill-health are serious concerns that impact all parts of the population in Australia, although some are disproportionately affected. LGBTQA+ people are recognised in numerous Commonwealth, State and Territory mental health and suicide prevention strategies or action plans.

However, LGBTQA+ people continue to face barriers to accessing affirming healthcare and, to-date, limited comprehensive data exists on the mental health and healthcare experiences of LGBTQA+ people. This briefing paper outlines findings from three major surveys of LGBTQA+ people and aims to:

  1. Highlight the extent and nature of mental ill-health and suicidality among LGBTQA+ young people and adults in Australian Capital Territory (ACT).
  2. Explore the factors that can put people at greater risk of suicide or mental ill-health, as well as those that reduce their risk of suicide.
  3. Examine mental health service engagement and preferences among LGBTQA+ people in ACT.
  4. Draw comparisons between experience of LGBTQA+ people in ACT compared to other jurisdictions in Australia, and where possible, comparisons between LGBTQA+ people in ACT to the general population using the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS; 2022-2022).

History

School

  • School of Psychology and Public Health

Year of publication, exhibition or creation

2024-10-01

Type of creative work

  • Textual creative work

Genre of textual creative work

  • Other

Publisher or exhibiting gallery

ARCSHS, La Trobe University

Place of publication, exhibition, or creation

Melbourne

Pagination

28p.

ISBN-13

978-1-7636436-0-4

Rights Statement

© ARCSHS, La Trobe University 2024. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Copies of this report or any other publications from this project may be obtained by contacting: Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society (ARCSHS) Building NR6, La Trobe University, Victoria 3086 Australia T +61 3 9479 8700 E arcshs@latrobe.edu.au latrobe.edu.au/arcshs