1. LGBTTI Wellness and Suicide27 February 2013Moira ClunieSuicide Prevention Information Development Manager

2. www.spinz.org.nz 3. GLBTI individualsexperience higher levelsof mental healthdistress than theirheterosexualcounterparts 4. Same/both-sex-attractedstudents reported higherrates of depression, suicideand self-harm compared totheir opposite-sex-attractedpeers. 5. Gender: Male rate 2.5 x higherthan femaleEthnicity: significantly higher forMori.Age: similar between adults andyouth. NZs youth rates are highwithin OECD.Location: higher rates for ruralmales and people who live insocioeconomically deprivedareas. 6. Protective factors mayinclude: connectedness to family, partner or community resilience, coping & problem-solving skills responsibility for children family communication patterns good physical and mental health positive beliefs and values economic security in older age connection to culture 7. Discrimination andexclusion are the keycausal factors of LGBTImental ill-health andsuicidality 8. The health and wellbeingof same/both sex attractedstudents was negativelyaffected by their socialenvironment. 9. Be very clear thatbeing lesbian, gay,bisexual, trans, intersexand/or questioningis not in itself a problem 10. Rates of attempted suicide in young people when supported orrejected by family (Hillier et al. 2011) 11. Mental health promotionto strengthen:-Individual-Organisations-Communities-Whole societies 12. Photo: Kiran Foster.Used under Creative Commons Attributionlicense 13. inform ways to improvethe access to, andexperience of, mentalhealth and addictionservices to the RainbowCommunity in the ADHBcatchment area. 14. strengthen individualsself-esteem, self-efficacy,life and coping skills,relationship and socialconnections