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Podcast: UCLA Public Mental Health Partnership
Episode: LGBTQI+ and FSP: What Do Providers Need to Know? by Jennifer Alquijay, PsyD
Description: Many if not most LGBTQI+ youth and adults risk (or have experienced) rejection from their families, churches and spiritual communities, and even some institutions that they may choose for their secondary education. In addition, adults can often face continued discrimination in both housing and employment, health care, and blatant societal rejection, which are compounded in communities of color. This multi-level risk for rejection increases the mental health risk for suicide, substance abuse, and high risk sexual behaviors significantly. It also increases avoidance of accessing mental health resources sooner. Participants will obtain an overview of some of these disparities, explain...